One of the premier interpreters of Pentecostalism, Walter J. Hollenweger has written what is in many ways a sequel to his magisterial The Pentecostals (1972). This volume assesses the origins of perhaps the fastest-growing religious phenomenon in this century in light of its current development. Hollenweger contends Pentecostalism is at a critical crossroads in its evolution. Focusing on the theological stories of the Pentecostal movement within the contexts of its -Black Oral Root, - -Catholic Root, - -Evangelical Root, - -Critical Root, - and -Ecumenical Root, - Hollenweger calls our...
One of the premier interpreters of Pentecostalism, Walter J. Hollenweger has written what is in many ways a sequel to his magisterial The Pentecost...
'Immensely impressive both in its handling of primary sources and in its knowledge of the literature of the subject ... one of the first really scholarly documentations of Pentecostal belief and practice' (Church Times). A magnificent book, critical but sympathetic, detached yet deeply involved, and meticulously documented' (William Barclay in The Expository Times).
'Immensely impressive both in its handling of primary sources and in its knowledge of the literature of the subject ... one of the first really schola...
