Chapter 1 Introduction: American Pentecostalism: Challenges and Temptations Chapter 2 Baptized in the Spirit: A Reflection on the Future of Pentecostal Theology Chapter 3 Postmodern Pentecostals: Emerging Subcultures Among Young Pentecostal Leaders Chapter 4 Music in the Pentecostal Movement Chapter 5 Latinos and North American Pentecostalism Chapter 6 The Future of Pentecostal Higher Education: the Ring, the Shire, or the Redemption of Middle Earth Chapter 7 The Symbolic Dilemma and the Future of Pentecostalism: Mysticism, Ritual, and Revival Chapter 8 The Future of Oneness Pentecostalism Chapter 9 "The Almost Pentecostal:" The Future of the Church of God in the United States Chapter 10 Heritage and Horizons: The Derivation and Destiny of Open Bible Churches Chapter 11 Race and Religion: The Future of Black American Pentecostalism Chapter 12 Conclusion: Back to the Future? US Pentecostalism in the 21st Century
Eric Patterson is assistant professor of political science at Vanguard University of Southern California. Edmund Rybarczyk is assistant professor of systematic theology at Vanguard University of Southern California.
This book deserves the time and attention of both insiders and
outsiders because of the demonstrated intellectual honesty of the
contributors. It offers fresh proposals and gathers in one volume
some ideas that were previously shared in miscellaneous documents.
The focus on the future makes this work unique, and scholars,
ministers, and lay leaders will benefit from reading it.
*H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online*
Regardless of where one standes on these issues, this volume by
Patterson and Rybarczyk has given American Pentecostals some
important glimpses into the future.
*Pneuma 30*
Enlightening. This book raises important questions, some of them
uncomfortable. As pointed out in the foreword, answers are not
always given to the questions raised. The matter, though, is too
important not to be reflected upon.
*Journal Of The European Pentecostal Theological Association, Fall
2009*
In The Future of Pentecostalism in the United States, Eric
Patterson and Edmund Rybarczyk have gathered a stellar cast of
scholars to ponder the future of the movement in the nation of its
birth. This history in reverse gives Pentecostals a discerning,
critical, and prophetic view of the movement as it enters its
second century. This valuable book should be required reading for
American Pentecostals and Charismatics as well as for Christians of
all traditions who wish to understand this vast and complex
movement.
*Vinson Synan, Regent University*
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