Grant Wacker

Heaven Below

Early Pentecostals and American Culture

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The core tenets of pentecostal belief - personal salvation, Holy Ghost baptism, divine healing, and anticipation of the Lord's imminent return - took root in the first quarter of the 20th century. Wacker examines the various aspects of pentecostal culture, including rituals, speaking in tongues, the authority of the Bible, the central role of Jesus in everyday life, the gifts of prophecy and healing, ideas about personal appearance, women's roles, race relations, attitudes toward politics and the government. Tracking the daily lives of pentecostals, and paying close attention to the voices of individual men and women, Wacker is able to identify the reason for the movement's spectacular success: a demonstrated ability to balance idealistic and pragmatic impulses, to adapt distinct religious convictions in order to meet the expectations of modern life.

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Wacker gives an in-depth account of the practices of American pentecostal churches. He examines aspects of pentecostal culture, including rituals, speaking in tongues, the authority of the Bible, the central role of Jesus in everyday life, the gifts of prophecy and healing, ideas about personal appearance, women¿s roles, and race relations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Harvard University Press
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 531g
• ISBN-13: 9780674011281
• ISBN-10: 0674011287
• Artikelnr.: 21567668

Autorenporträt

Grant Wacker is Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Christian History at Duke University Divinity School.