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Book SynopsisSimo Frestadius is Academic Dean of Undergraduate Studies at Regents Theological College, UK.Trade ReviewAmong this study’s many strengths is that it is not a ‘freeze-frame’ portrait of Pentecostal thought at one stage of its life ... His analysis of its various elements at work in the movement’s intellectual history is exemplary and highly instructive. * Theology *Simo Frestadius has produced a major work in Pentecostal epistemology that has advanced the discussion through addressing underdeveloped areas in Pentecostal studies – namely the relation of rationality and tradition as well as pragmatic realism to truth claims. Moving between concrete readings of theologians, philosophers, and other theorists on the one hand, and historic Pentecostal communities on the other, Frestadius displays breadth and talent as an emerging scholar in the world of Pentecostal studies. * L. William Oliverio, Jr., School of Urban Missions Bible College and Seminary, USA *Simo Frestadius's Pentecostal Rationality takes emerging Pentecostal academic work to a whole new level. The reader finds in this fine work a splendid engagement of philosophy, theology, hermeneutics, and history – plus an intriguing constructive proposal. A significant contribution of this monograph is putting Pentecostal theology in a critical-sympathetic dialogue with some leading philosophical-theological voices of our time; this alone would justify a careful reading of this book. * Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen, University of Helsinki, Finland *This original and thought-provoking book successfully applies well-informed philosophical sophistication to historical crises faced by one of the largest Pentecostal denominations in Europe, the Elim Pentecostal church. The philosophical reader will enjoy the intellectual energy found in the exploration of Pentecostal rationality, while the religious historian will discover new ways of understanding how crises of faith are resolved by the resources of a rich tradition. Frestadius serves us an intellectual feast. * William K Kay, Wrexham Glyndwr University, UK *Pentecostal Rationality is a well-written project that states what many other projects ... may have only implied or felt was incapable of clear articulation. It’s accessible to the well-read layperson while still remaining a quality piece of academic scholarship ... I highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in contemplating tongues with scholarly words. * Reading Religion *Pentecostal Rationality is an excellent piece of scholarship that provides the reader with valuable insights both practical and theoretical in nature * Journal of the European Pentecostal Theological Association *This is an excellent book for a variety of reasons, but three are worth highlighting here. First, Frestadius demonstrates an impressive facility with philosophical texts and yet is able to consider them without oversimplifying things or losing his reader in technical jargon. Second, it pushes Pentecostal theology another important step forward in its appreciation of contemporary philosophy. Third, while building on the work of Smith, Yong, and Oliverio, Frestadius offers a decisively different way forward that opens new spaces for thought. * Pneuma: The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies *Pentecostal Rationality is an important contribution to studying Pentecostal distinctive ways of meaning-making and knowledge production.... I recommend this volume as a beginning point for scholars and graduate students who wish to pursue Pentecostal (rationality) philosophical theology. * Mission Studies (MIST) *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction Part One: Searching for a Pentecostal Rationality 1. The ‘Pentecostal’ Rationalities of Amos Yong, James K. A. Smith and l. William Oliverio Jr. 2. On Method: MacIntyre, Tradition and Rationality Part Two: Narrating a Tradition-specific Pentecostal Rationality 3. Prologues to the Elim Tradition: The Context and Roots of the Elim Argument 4. The Birth of Elim: The Early Opponents, Content, Rationality and Embodiment of the Elim Argument 5. The Elim Argument Extended through Time (I): The Resignation of Jeffreys and Elim’s First Epistemological Crisis 6. The Elim Argument Extended through Time (II): The Charismatic/Restoration Movements and Elim’s Second Epistemological Crisis Part Three: (Re)constructing Pentecostal Biblical Pragmatism 7. Pentecostal Truth: Pentecostal Theological Realism 8. Biblical Hermeneutics: Community Discernment of Meaning in a Dialectical Bible 9. Pragmatic Justification: Experiential Awareness and Pragmatic Signs of the Foursquare Gospel Conclusion Appendix 1: Elim’s Chronology Appendix 2: Front Page of Elim Evangel 6, no. 1 (January 1925) Appendix 3: Back Page of Elim Evangel 6, no. 1 (January 1925) Index

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Book SynopsisEveryday Angels: How to Encounter, Experience, and Engage Angels in Everyday LifeCharity Virkler Kayembe and Joe Brock  You can Partner with Heaven’s angelic hosts! The supernatural realm permeates our natural world! Therefore, experiencing angels should be an everyday occurrence—we simply need to open our spiritual eyes to their reality and role in our lives. God’s angels are always ready to assist those who have inherited salvation. Through powerful stories of angelic experiences and insightful teaching on the presence of angels, authors Charity Virkler Kayembe and Joe Brock reveal how angelic encounters are not reserved to a few favored individuals, but are for everyone! Learn how to increase your awareness of the angelic so you can work together with God’s ministering spirits e

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Book SynopsisSudden Breakthrough: Decrees, Prayers, and Confessions to Access Your Suddenly MomentLaJun and Valora ColeWhere do you need a sudden breakthrough?Are you praying for something, but haven’t gotten an answer yet? Have you received prophetic words and promises from God that haven’t come to pass? Do you feel like you’re living in that place between your desire and its fulfillment? Throughout the Bible, the word “suddenly” often comes before a significant and supernatural shift.  Suddenly, prison doors broke open and Paul and Silas were set free. Suddenly, Jairus’ daughter was raised from the dead!  Suddenly, the 120 in the upper room were filled with the Holy Spirit!LaJun and Valora Cole have received a prophetic mandate to release a timely word of the

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Book SynopsisLearn to embrace a noble life. Could we become a little more effective, a little kinder if we consciously began to ask, “What’s the noble choice?”

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Book SynopsisLeading prophetic voice Cindy Jacobs delivers an essential tool that will teach you both the protocols and the pitfalls of prophecy, how to hear God's words correctly, and how to use your prophetic voice with wisdom, maturity, and love. You will come away challenged, changed, and ready to become a powerful, life-giving conduit of God's transforming love.

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Book SynopsisGrounded in biblical truth, this in-depth guide from prophetic leader Demontae Edmonds ushers you into a greater dimension of God's prophetic dream realm. Equipping you with practical tools for dream interpretation, he shows how God uses them to heal, bestow supernatural impartation, give direction and warnings, reveal mysteries--and more.

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Book SynopsisWe all face hard times--but our God is with us and for us. This expanded edition of Yoder's bestselling book will help you discover that the same God who led Moses is also leading you. He will break down any barrier that hinders his purposes. Learn how to boldly move forward in faith and watch him break open the way before you!

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Book SynopsisA fascinating exposé of the global revolution you've never heard of: a deep-pocketed, tech-savvy Christian movement reshaping our societies from within.How has a Christian movement, founded at the turn of the twentieth century by the son of freed slaves, become the fastest-growing religion on Earth? Pentecostalism has 600 million followers; by 2050, they'll be one in ten people worldwide. This is the religion of the Holy Spirit, with believers directly experiencing God and His blessings: success for the mind, body, spirit and wallet.Pentecostalism is a social movement. It serves impoverished people in Africa and Latin America, and inspires anti-establishment leaders from Trump to Bolsonaro. In Australia, Europe and Korea, it throws itself into culture wars and social media, offering meaning and community to the rootless and marginalised in a fragmenting world.Reporting this revolution from twelve countries and six US states, Elle Hardy weaves a timeless t

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Book Synopsis Co-authored by three anthropologists with long–term expertise studying Pentecostalism in Vanuatu, Angola, and Papua New Guinea/the Trobriand Islands respectively, Going to Pentecost offers a comparative study of Pentecostalism in Africa and Melanesia, focusing on key issues as economy, urban sociality, and healing. More than an ordinary comparative book, it recognizes the changing nature of religion in the contemporary world – in particular the emergence of “non-territorial” religion (which is no longer specific to places or cultures) – and represents an experimental approach to the study of global religious movements in general and Pentecostalism in particular.Trade Review “… a valuable addition to the literature on Pentecostalism. It is an experiment in comparative anthropology which employs an intriguing and innovative method and theory… This book is likely to stimulate salutary re-thinking about what passes as ‘established’ assumptions about the nature, history, and theory of Pentecostal research in the social sciences.” • Contemporary Religion “… a rich comparative study of sites in Africa and Melanesia in the thrall and thick of ‘Pentecost.’… [It] succeeds as a comparative and collective ethnography of three sites of modern ‘Pentecost,’ encouraging readers to see ‘Pentecostalism’ as not merely a new religious movement but rather a multiplicity of new religious movements, for they are many, emerging from and embedded within distinct historical and cultural contexts…It will also provide sociologists of religion who study new religious movements ethnographically with much food for thought and many opportunities for scholarly introspection.” • Sociology of Religion “Going to Pentecost raises important questions that intersect with theoretical issues in religion, globalization, and research about everyday life, that extend beyond the anthropology of Christianity and therefore, important for the broader more multidisciplinary study of Pentecostalism.” • Anthropos “This volume should be commended for its methodological device that allows for further investigation in the study of transnational religions. Theories develop directly from comparative field research… this book’s creative agenda should be both explored and further developed, and I would recommend it primarily to scholars in the fields of anthropology, Pentecostal studies, missiology, and world Christianity.” • Pneuma. The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies “Well-written, accessible, and groundbreaking… this book offers to rejuvenate the anthropology of Pentecostalism.” • Jon Bialecki, University of Edinburgh “Ethnographically well-grounded, conceptually innovative, and experimental in its comparative approach. Although there have been many collaborative publications on global Pentecostalism, few are so well integrated and are able to develop arguments through a truly comparative ethnography.” • Kim Knibbe, University of GroningenTable of Contents List of Figures Acknowledgements PART I: INTRODUCTIONS Introduction: Going to ‘Pentecost’: Outline of an Experiment Interlude: Locations in 'Pentecost' Reading Guide PART II: PRESENTATIONS FROM 'PENTECOST' Chapter 1. Borders in ‘Pentecost’: Creating Protected Spaces Chapter 2. Reconfiguring Life and Death: A New Moral Economy in ‘Pentecost’ Chapter 3. Anti-relativist Nostalgias and The Absolutist Road PART III: THEORIES FROM 'PENTECOST' Chapter 4. Borders and Abjections: Approaching Individualism in ‘Pentecost’ Chapter 5. Engaging with Theories of Neoliberalism and Prosperity Chapter 6. Ruptures and Encompassments: Towards an Absolute Truth PART IV: COMMENTS Chapter 7. Comparison Re-placed Matei Candea Chapter 8. Pentecostalism and Forms of Individualism Joel Robbins Chapter 9. Life at The End of Time: A Note on Comparison, 'Pentecost' and the Trobriands Bjørn Enge Bertelsen Chapter 10. Wealth versus Money in Pentecost: Why Is Money Good? Knut Rio Chapter 11. ‘Pentecost’ in The World Birgit Meyer Index

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Book SynopsisThis critique provides a framework for understanding and interpreting the widespread but little-known New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) movement. As the authors state in the preface: "We write this book with two major goals in mind. First, to give people an idea of the sheer size and reach of the NAR movement. And second, to systematize its key teachings and practices and evaluate them on the basis of Scripture and careful reasoning . . In our judgment, the NAR perspective crosses these boundaries [that is, certain broad parameters, revealed in Scripture and practiced in the historical orthodox church], and it does so in part because of flawed theology rooted in a flawed understanding of Scripture. We wish to warn readers about a possible confusion: Some critics have linked the NAR movement with mainstream Pentecostalism and charismatics. We do not do this. In fact, it is our contention that the NAR movement deviates from classical Pentecostal and charismatic teachings. This movement has emerged out of independent charismatic churches and, thus, has gained a foothold in many of those churches in varying degrees."

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Book SynopsisThe world is desperate to hear the voice of God clearly, so it is vital that His prophets give true expression to all that is on His heart. In her powerful, prophetic teaching style, Jennifer Eivaz helps believers recognize the voice of God, grow in knowledge of signs and dreams, and more. Are you prepared to become all God has created you to be?

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Book SynopsisLeading Scholar Explores Paul's Teaching on the Mind This major work by a leading New Testament scholar explores an important but neglected area of Pauline theology, Paul's teaching about the mind. In discussing matters such as the corrupted mind, the mind of Christ, and the renewal of the mind, Paul adapts language from popular intellectual thought in his day, but he does so in a way distinctively focused on Christ and Christ's role in the believer's transformation. Keener enables readers to understand this thought world so they can interpret Paul's language for contemporary Christian life. The book helps overcome a false separation between following the Spirit and using human judgment and provides a new foundation for relating biblical studies and Christian counseling.Table of ContentsContents Introduction 1. The Corrupted Mind (Rom. 1:18-32) 2. The Mind of Faith (Rom. 6:11) 3. The Mind of the Flesh (Rom. 7:22-25) 4. The Mind of the Spirit (Rom. 8:5-7) 5. A Renewed Mind (Rom. 12:1-3) 6. The Mind of Christ (1 Cor. 2:15-16) 7. A Christlike Mind (Phil. 2:1-5; 3:19-21; 4:6-8) 8. The Heavenly Mind (Col. 3:1-2)Conclusion Postscript: Some Pastoral Implications Appendix A: The Soul in Ancient Mediterranean Thought Appendix B: Some of God's Wise Plan in Paul's Bible Indexes

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Book SynopsisFulfill your destined role both now and in the greater battles to come with the timeless advice and practical battle plan from this landmark text.

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Book SynopsisIn The Public Universal Friend, Paul B. Moyer tells the story of Jemima Wilkinson and her remarkable church, the Society of Universal Friends. The life of the Public Universal Friend and the Friend's church offer important insights about changes to religious life, gender, and society in Revolutionary America.Trade ReviewThis is very thorough book. It has drama in terms of stories of sexual intrigue, attempted murder and legal battles over land, and as much detail on Wilkinson and her ideas as the evidence probably supports... [F]or anyone interested in Quakerism and revival offshoots or in this period of American religious history, the book is essential. -- Pink Dandelion, Centre for Research in Quaker Studies (University of Birmingham and University of Lancaster), Woodbrooke, England * Quaker Studies *Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Genesis2. Numbers3. Revelation4. Chronicles5. Exodus6. Acts7. JudgesEpilogueA Note on Sources Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisPentecostalism confronts the divide between science and religionTrade ReviewThis is a very interesting collection of articles that explore questions of spirituality in the light of contemporary science and technology. . . . Each of these papers is helpful in addressing crucial questions at the interface of science and Pentecostal spirituality. * Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith *These books represent a body of important work and an ecumenical challenge for theologians and religious leaders . . . We can be grateful to the scholars and editors for making these resources available in a readable but richly researched set of volumes. Vol. 46, No. 1 (Winter, 2011) * JOURNAL of ECUMENICAL STUDIES *Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction: Science and the Spirit—Questions and Possibilities in the Pentecostal Engagement with Science / James K. A. Smith and Amos YongPart 1. What Hath Azusa Street to Do with MIT? The Big Questions 1. What Have the Galapagos to Do with Jerusalem? Scientific Knowledge in Theological Context / Telford Work 2. Is There Room for Surprise in the Natural World? Naturalism, the Supernatural, and Pentecostal Spirituality / James K. A. Smith 3. How Does God Do What God Does? Pentecostal-Charismatic Perspectives on Divine Action in Dialogue with Modern Science / Amos YongPart 2. The Spirit of Matter: Questions and Possibilities in the Natural Sciences 4. Does God Have a Place in the Physical Universe? Physics and the Quest for the Holy Spirit / Wolfgang Vondey 5. Does the Spirit Create through Evolutionary Processes? Pentecostals and Biological Evolution / Steve Badger and Mike Tenneson 6. Can Religious Experience Be Reduced to Brain Activity? The Place and Significance of Pentecostal Narrative / Frederick L. Ware 7. Serotonin and Spirit: Can There Be a Holistic Pentecostal Approach to Mental Illness? / Donald F. CalbreathPart 3. The Human Spirit: Questions and Possibilities in the Social and Technological Sciences 8. Can Social Scientists Dance? Participating in Science, Spirit, and Social Reconstruction as an Anthropologist and Afropentecostal / Craig Scandrett-Leatherman 9. Is Integrating Spirit and Sociology Possible? A Postmodern Research Odyssey / Margaret M. Poloma 10. Is There Room for the Spirit in a World Dominated by Technology? Pentecostals and the Technological World / Dennis W. CheekList of ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisPacked with insight and encouragement that lasts all day, each of these 90 uplifting devotions includes powerful prayers, biblical promises, reflection questions, declarations of truth, and practical action steps. No matter your situation, you can face every fear with courage and faith and that the one who created you will never leave you or forsake you.

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Book SynopsisStep into the Lord''s Unending Favor From Genesis to Revelation, the Bible makes it clear that our God has a zealous intent to bless you. In this encouraging devotional, Pastor Terry A. Smith will help you recapture God''s heart for His people and discover His extraordinary goodness in your life right now.You will learn not only how much God wants to bless you, but also how to receive His blessing, how to bring blessing to the world around you and how blessing leads to the discovery of your true purpose. Come, see what He will do in you, to you and through you.'This brought me great joy!'--KATHIE LEE GIFFORD

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Book SynopsisWith depth and insight, Dr. John Jackson shows that sharing God's grace right where you are is the key to sweeping social change, hope, and revival. Through biblical teaching and prophetic revelation, Dr. Jackson helps you partner with the Holy Spirit to step into the fullness of all God's called you to be--and unleash the redemptive presence of Jesus.

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Book SynopsisFear is a giant that shouts at us from the battle lines of our lives--a giant adorned in seemingly impenetrable armor. Krissy Nelson dives into the story of David and Goliath, uncovering supernatural weapons David used to slay the giant of fear, and explores how you can position yourself to defeat your fears. It's time to run boldly toward freedom!

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Book SynopsisIn the first critical study of the major theologians of pentecostalism, one of the fastest growing and most influential religious traditions in the world, Christopher A. Stephenson establishes four original categories to classify pentecostal theologians'' methodologies in systematic/constructive theology. The four categories are based respectively on: the arrangement of biblical texts; the relationship between theology and Christian spirituality; doctrine concerning the kingdom of God; and pneumatology as a basis for philosophical and fundamental theology. Stephenson analyzes each methodological type and suggests a pentecostal theological method that builds on the strengths of each. He then offers his own, original contribution, arguing for a reciprocal relationship between pentecostal spirituality and doctrine that follows the pattern of lex orandi, lex credendi, and develops a doctrine of the Lord''s supper as a demonstration of this reciprocal relationship.Types of Pentecostal TheolTrade ReviewStephenson is a careful reader and an excellent synthesizer of ideas. His skill in systematizing the ideas of the four Pentecostal theologians not only is admirable but also renders their works easily digestible even by lay church persons...Stephenson's theological method is relevant, beautiful, and engaging. * The Journal of Religion *For those who believe that Pentecostals do not have a systematic theology of their own, Types of Pentecostal Theology may surprise you. Christopher Stephenson has performed an insightful and compelling analysis of selected Pentecostal theologies. He demonstrates how early Pentecostals failed to meet the critical standards of the theological discipline, but contemporary Pentecostal scholars have tapped into the roots of the movement, producing promising, creative, and constructive results. * Cecil M. Robeck, Jr., Professor of Church History and Ecumenics and Director of the David du Plessis Center for Christian Spirituality, Fuller Theological Seminary *There was a time when some might have found the very idea of a systematic Pentecostal theology odd. But that time is over. Scholars and thoughtful lay people must now find their way through an ever increasing flood of often creative and insightful systematic theological writing by a wide variety of Pentecostal thinkers. How to do it? Stephenson's carefully researched, fair-minded, and highly readable book now provides an indispensable road map through this inviting but sometimes daunting landscape. * Harvey Cox, author of The Future of Faith *As the Pentecostal movement comes of age and joins larger theological discussions of Christian beliefs, practices, and affections, scholars need a map to locate the variety of Pentecostal approaches that have emerged in the last few decades. Types of Pentecostal Theology provides that map. Focusing mainly on North America, Stephenson identifies four distinct styles of Pentecostal theology, and then adds his own voice to the mix, developing a new model based on the ancient rule of lex orandi, lex credendi. This is an impressive first book from a Pentecostal theologian who will no doubt have much to say in the years ahead. * Douglas Jacobsen, author of Thinking in the Spirit *This volume by Stephenson (Lee Univ.) joins a growing number published by Pentecostal scholars in university presses that foster Pentecostal engagement with various scholarly discourses and make this engagement accessible to the Pentecostal community. * CHOICE *Stephenson's book is without doubt one of the most significant assessments of Pentecostal theology to date... The book is the first to offer a thorough treatment and classification of several original types of systematic theology among Pentecostals. The chapters are suggestive, lucid, and critical. No course on theological method at Pentecostal institutions can afford to ignore this work, and it is sure to find its place among those interested in comparative methodology. * Pneuma *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction 1. Systematic Theology as ''Bible Doctrines:'' Myer Pearlman, E. S. Williams, and French L. Arrington 2. Systematic Theology and Christian Spirituality: Steven J. Land and Simon K. H. Chan 3. Systematic Theology and the Kingdom of God: Frank D. Macchia 4. Systematic Theology as Philosophical and Fundamental Theology in Pneumatological Perspective: Amos Yong 5. ''Regula Spiritualitatis, Regula Doctrinae:'' A Contribution to Pentecostal Theological Method Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisSaints in Exile studies, from an insider''s perspective, the worship practices and social ethics of the African American family of Holiness, Pentecostal, and Apostolic churches known collectively as the Sanctified Church. Cheryl Sanders identifies the theme of exile, both as an idea and an experience, as the key to understanding the dialectical nature of African American religious and intellectual life, that W.E.B. Du Bois called double-conscious. Sanders''s saints in exile are a people who see themselves as in the world but not of it; their marginalized status is both self-imposed and involuntary, a consequence of racism, sexism and other forms of elitism. When joined with the biblical tropes of homecoming and reconciliation, the concept of exile serves as a vital vantage point from which to identify, critique, and remedy the continued alienation of blacks, women, and the poor in the United States.Sanders''s interpretive approach clarifies many paradoxical features of black existence,Trade ReviewThose who have an affinity for or an interest in the culture of black holiness and Pentecostal churches will gain rich new insights and historical background from Sanders's work. * Christian Century *A valuable piece of work that will fill a void in current scholarship on black church culture. Her 'insider' perspective pays off in insights often missing in black theology. * Robert Franklin, Candler School of Theology *A major contribution to an area of African-American religious studies where there is a great void in the literature....This is definitely very good and very important. * Cheryl T. Gilkes, Colby College *Sanders' study is a very carefully drawn portrait of African American religious experience, and her use of the dialectical axes offers considerable insight and analysis that makes this volume a must read. * Christian Sociologist Newsletter *

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Book SynopsisDivine healing is the essential marker of the global phenomenon of Pentecostal and charismatic Christianity. But although we know that healing is central in these movements, we know surprisingly little about how divine healing beliefs and practices reflect the interplay of local and global patterns of cultural development. The essays in this collection seek to discover what is the same and what is different about such beliefs and practices in diverse contexts, trace formal and informal lines of cultural influence across geographic and national boundaries, and ask how healing both reflects and contributes to larger processes of globalization. The collection will not only flesh out a picture of how and why spiritual healing is practiced in diverse cultural contexts and how healing practices reflect and shape the transnational spread of Christianity; it will also provide insight into the nature of globalization. The authors will attend to a wide range of issues, including the theological Trade ReviewThere can now be no doubt that Pentecostal-Charismatic healing will continue to flower all over the world. It is something no thoughtful person can afford to ignore. We need careful, accurate, empathic, and unprejudiced studies of this reality in all its multitudinous expressions, including healing. And this volume provides the gold standard against which all future efforts will have to be judged. * Harvey G. Cox, Jr., Hollis Research Professor of Divinity, Harvard University *...a unique set of cross-cultural and cross national case studies that allow for a deeper understanding of the role that healing plays within todays's increasingly globalized world. * CHOICE *The text demonstrates unequivocally that 'Charismatic-Pentecostalism' proves 'feeling is believing.' The book is foundational without antecedent or peer, possessing broad appeal for students and scholars of religion. * Religious Studies Review *Global Pentecostal and Charismatic Healing is an invaluable contribution to the field of religious studies. The book is highly informative and rich in descriptive detail. The diversity of its contributors...makes for a highly readable text that will appeal to a wide range of interests.. * Religion *The care that Candy Gunther Brown took in author selection and editing is evident in this fascinating and insightful volume...I am certain this book will prove an invaluable resource to scholars and students of all Christian traditions, indeed anyone interested in healing, globalization, or mission. * Pneuma *Table of ContentsCONTRIBUTORS; FOREWORD, BY HARVEY COX; INTRODUCTION: PENTECOSTALISM AND THE GLOBALIZATION OF ILLNESS AND HEALING, BY CANDY GUNTHER BROWN; 1. THE GLOBAL CHARACTER OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY DIVINE HEALING, BY HEATHER D. CURTIS; 2. WHY HEALTH AND WEALTH?: DIMENSIONS OF PROSPERITY AMONG SWEDISH CHARISMATICS, BY SIMON COLEMAN; 3. MATERIAL SALVATION: HEALING, DELIVERANCE, AND "BREAKTHROUGH" IN AFRICAN MIGRANT CHURCHES IN GERMANY, BY CLAUDIA WAHRISCH-OBLAU; 4. BLESSED BODIES: HEALING WITHIN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN FAITH MOVEMENT, BY CATHERINE BOWLER; 5. JESUS AS THE "GREAT PHYSICIAN": PENTECOSTAL NATIVE NORTH AMERICANS WITHIN THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD AND NEW UNDERSTANDINGS OF PENTECOSTAL HEALING, BY ANGELA TARANGO; 6. LATINO PENTECOSTAL HEALING IN THE NORTH AMERICAN BORDERLANDS, BY GASTON ESPINOSA; 7. SANTIDAD, SALVACION, SANIDAD, LIBERACION: THE WORD OF FAITH MOVEMENT AMONG TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY LATIN@ PENTECOSTALS, BY ARLENE SANCHEZ WALSH; 8. EXORCISING THE DEMONS OF DEPRIVATION: DIVINE HEALING AND CONVERSION IN BRAZILIAN PENTECOSTALISM, BY R. ANDREW CHESNUT; 9. THE SALVE OF DIVINE HEALING: ESSENTIAL RITUALS FOR SURVIVAL AMONG WORKING-CLASS PENTECOSTALS IN BOGOTA, COLOMBIA, BY REBECCA PIERCE BOMANN; 10. LEARNING FROM THE MASTER: CARLOS ANNACONDIA AND THE STANDARDIZATION OF PENTECOSTAL PRACTICES IN AND BEYOND ARGENTINA, BY MATTHEW MAROSTICA; 11. NEW WINE IN AN OLD WINE BOTTLE?: CHARISMATIC HEALING IN THE MAINLINE CHURCHES IN GHANA, BY CEPHAS N. OMENYO; 12. HEALING IN AFRICAN PENTECOSTALISM: THE "VICTORIOUS LIVING" OF DAVID OYEDEPO, BY PAUL GIFFORD; 13. RE-ENCHANTED: DIVINE HEALING IN KOREAN PROTESTANTISM, BY SEAN C. KIM; 14. MIRACLE HEALING AND EXORCISM IN SOUTH INDIAN PENTECOSTALISM, BY MICHAEL BERGUNDER; 15. DIVINE HEALING AND THE GROWTH OF PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY IN CHINA, BY GOTTHARD OBLAU; 16. CATHOLIC CHARISMATIC HEALING IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: THE CASES OF INDIA, BRAZIL, AND NIGERIA, BY THOMAS J. CSORDAS; 17. GLOBAL AWAKENINGS: DIVINE HEALING NETWORKS AND GLOBAL COMMUNITY IN NORTH AMERICA, BRAZIL, MOZAMBIQUE, AND BEYOND, BY CANDY GUNTHER BROWN; AFTERWORD, BY CANDY GUNTHER BROWN; INDEX

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Book SynopsisWaging a counterinsurgency war and justified by claims of ''an agreement between Guatemala and God,'' Guatemala''s Evangelical Protestant military dictator General Ríos Montt incited a Mayan holocaust: over just 17 months, some 86,000 mostly Mayan civilians were murdered. Virginia Garrard-Burnett dives into the horrifying, bewildering murk of this episode, the Western hemisphere''s worst twentieth-century human rights atrocity. She has delivered the most lucid historical account and analysis we yet possess of what happened and how, of the cultural complexities, personalities, and local and international politics that made this tragedy. Garrard-Burnett asks the hard questions and never flinches from the least comforting answers. Beautifully, movingly, and clearly written and argued, this is a necessary and indispensable book.-- Francisco Goldman, author of The Art of Political Murder: Who Killed the Bishop?Virginia Garrard-Burnett''s Terror in the Land of the Holy Spirit is impressivelyTrade ReviewIn a country still torn over the war by polarizing accusations amplified by righteous self-exculpation, Garrard-Burnett listens carefully to as many sides as her sources allow-the Left, the Right, Catholic activists, evangelicals, the US embassy-to conclude that states turn genocidal, not just because they can, but because both perpetrators and public come to see their self-preservation, if not salvation, at stake. In helping us understand better that self-preservation, this book also speaks with respect-and hope-to the survivors. We should all be listening carefully. * John Watanabe, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Dartmouth College *This is a careful narrative and sober analysis of Mott's seventeenth-month regime in Guatemala. * Religious Studies Review *Virginia Garrard-Burnett's examination of General Efrain Rios Montt is one of the best available historicalpolitical analyses of Guatemala's brutal armed conflict...Garrard-Burnett is arguably one of the most important contemporary historians of Protestantism in Latin America. In this slim volume, she not only demonstrates her deep and nuanced understanding of the evangelical movement in Guatemala but also explains the dynamics and contours of the political crisis that brought Rios Montt to power in 1982.. * American Historical Review *This work secures a solid place among some of the dominant works in modern Latin American historiography, particularly in its positioning within the field of subaltern studies. While remaining sensitive to the voice and agency of the victims of the genocide, Garrard- Burnett relies heavily on truth commission reports to provide a clear analysis of the influences of evangelical rhetoric that saturated Guatemala's violent struggles of the late Cold War. This useful, insightful work deserves a wide reading among students and specialists alike.. * Hispanic American Historical Review *Table of Contents1. Rios Montt Earns His Place in the History Books: Debates about la Violencia ; 2. Guatemala's Descent in Violence ; 3. Rios Montt and the New Guatemala ; 4. Terror ; 5. "Los Que Matan en el Nombre de Dios": Rios Montt and the Religious Question ; 6. Blind Eyes and Willful Ignorance: U.S. Foreign Policy, Media, and Foreign Evangelicals ; Epilogue ; Notes ; Bibliography

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Book SynopsisDo you sometimes feel you have to check your intellect at the church door, leaving reason behind to embrace the Christian faith? Do you hunger for a full gospel that includes the mind as well as heart and Spirit? Full Gospel, Fractured Minds? challenges charismatic and Pentecostal believers to discover the power of a well-maintained minda mind on fireto match a heart on fire and to create a life that operates within the full counsel of God .Nañez shows how human reason helps us understand and interpret God's Word as well as defend the gospel. He shows what the Bible teaches about the mind, and explores the backgrounds of nineteenth-century and modern culture, anti-intellectualism, Pentecostal history and beliefs, and popular misconceptions about human intellect in relation to the Christian faith. Full Gospel, Fractured Minds? helps men and women practice a Christian faith that reflects the whole person and the full gospel. Rick Nañez calls Pentecostals and charismatics to seek a balaTable of ContentsContents Foreword by Stanley M. Horton 7 Acknowledgments 9 Introduction 13 PART 1 ANATOMY OF THE FRACTURED MIND 1. The Heart and the Head: What the Bible Teaches about the Mind 19 2. The Life of God in the Minds of Human Beings 28 3. The Apostle Paul and His Anti-Intellectual Verses 37 4. Matthew, Luke, and John on Matters of the Intellect 47 5. Early Pentecostals and the Life of the Mind 58 6. The Spirit-Filled Mind in Modern Times 73 7. Anti-Intellectual Roots in the Nineteenth Century 89 8. Four Giants of Nineteenth-Century Evangelicalism 99 9. Modern Culture, Anti-Intellectualism, and Pentecostal – Charismatic Beliefs 112 10. The Anatomy of Anti-Intellectualism 124 PART 2 AMMUNITION FOR THE FULL-GOSPEL MIND 11. The Fine Art of Thinking: Reason and Logic 135 12. The Molding of the Human Mind: Education 144 13. Defi ning the Faith: Theology 154 14. Defending the Truth: Apologetics 163 15. Thinking about Reality: Philosophy 172 16. Discovering the Realities of Nature: Science 184 17. Enlarging the Mind: Reading 196 18. Pondering the Great Minds of God 208 19. Challenges and Caveats 220 20. Conclusion and Practical Helps 227 Selected Bibliography 237 Scripture Index 253 Subject Index 257 Name Index 263

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Book SynopsisExplores the social and historical context in which Pentecostalism arose, the revival, holiness and healing movements associated with it in the late 19th-century, and the influence of colonialism on Pentecostal missions. This book traces the stories of Pentecostal missionaries and 'native workers' in Africa, China, India and other parts.

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