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Title: Heaven Below: Early Pentecostals and American Culture by Grant Wacker ISBN: 0-674-01128-7 Publisher: Harvard University Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Exhiliarating Romp Through Early American Pentecostalism
Comment: In "Heaven Below," Grant Wacker takes the reader on an exhilarating and informative romp through the early years (1900-1925) of American Pentecostalism. Through extensive research and superior storytelling, he demonstrates how these religious pioneers brought together the clashing impulses of the "primitive" and the "pragmatic" to "capture lightening in a bottle" and launch an explosive movement. Potential readers need to be warned in advance that the author is a social historian and academician. If you are looking for stories of romanticized heroes of the faith or glowing partisan historiography, you'll be disappointed. What you will get is a consistently fair, sometimes surprising, and always interesting account of the early Pentecostals.
In the book's fifteen chapters we get a glimpse into the character, temperament, and daily lives of these adventurous and hearty souls. You'll discover the keys to their effectiveness and the areas where they stumbled. Included among many subjects covered are the movement's leaders, the theology and practicality behind the prominence of women, their changing views on war, the persecutions they faced, and even the "gift of tongues" that helped make their faith distinctive. The stereotype of the poor, illiterate, and disinherited Pentecostals is dismantled. Instead you will meet a representative slice of early 20th century America. They were a people genuinely sincere, deeply committed to their beliefs, and fully convinced that they were instruments in the hands of Almighty God, empowered by the Holy Spirit for the purpose of fulfilling the Great Commission of Jesus Christ.
"Heaven Below" is made up of 269 pages of fascinating reading, followed by an appendix, and 82 pages of footnotes. It also includes a valuable index. I had some difference of opinion with Wacker's conclusions and occasional qualms with his assumptions, but as a social history, I highly recommend "Heaven Below." Grant Wacker is Associate Professor of the History of Religion in America, Duke University.
Rating: 5
Summary: A MUST Read!
Comment: Grant Wacker has written a wonderful book. His scholarly treatment of early pentecostalism (1900-1925) is matched by his ability to write for a general audience with insight, sympathy for his subject, and a tremendous wit and appreciation. His views are balanced, his anecdotes are well-selected, and his writing is first-rate. He covers all aspects, races, and gender issues in early American pentecostalism. Anyone interested in American religion in general or penetcostalism in particular MUST read this book. A professor told me in grad school that the explosion of new books would only get worse. He advised me to buy only those books that would either change or advance my life: this is such a book.
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Title: Century Of The Holy Spirit 100 Years Of Pentecostal And Charismatic Renewal, 1901-2001 by Vinson Synan ISBN: 0785245502 Publisher: Nelson Reference & Electronic Publishing Pub. Date: 26 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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Title: Fire from Heaven: The Rise of Pentecostal Spirituality and the Reshaping of Religion in the 21st Century by Harvey Cox ISBN: 0306810492 Publisher: Da Capo Press Pub. Date: 08 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: The Holiness-Pentecostal Tradition: Charismatic Movements in the Twentieth Century by Vinson Synan ISBN: 0802841031 Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 August, 1997 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Theological Roots of Pentecostalism by Donald W. Dayton ISBN: 0943575796 Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers Pub. Date: 01 September, 1991 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: New International Dictionary of Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements, The by Stanley M. Burgess, Eduard M. Van Der Maas, Ed van der Maas ISBN: 0310224810 Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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