Heaven Below
Early Pentecostals and American Culture
Published on 1. July 2009
384 pages
978-0-674-04473-9 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Edition
Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, MA; London
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Edition type
Digital original
ISBN-13
978-0-674-04473-9 (9780674044739)
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Book
04/2003
Harvard University Press
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Person
Grant Wacker is Professor of Christian History, Duke University Divinity School.
Content
Contents Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Temperament 2. Tongues 3. Testimony 4. Authority 5. Cosmos 6. Worship 7. Rhetoric 8. Customs 9. Leaders 10. Women 11. Boundaries 12. Society 13. Nation 14. War 15. Destiny Epilogue Appendix: U.S. Pentecostal Statistics Notes Index
