The Holiness-Pentecostal Tradition Charismatic Movements in the Twentieth Century
Vinson Synan
- Second edition
- U.S.A. William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co. 1997
- 340tr. paperback, illustrations 23 cm
... First published in 1971 as The Holiness-Pentecostal Movement in the United States, this completely revised and enlarged edition includes five new chapters on the worldwide expansion of the Pentecostal Movement in the early part of the twentieth century. Synan's revision enhances his already detailed history of the rise and development of the Pentecostal tradition which begins with John Wesley, founder of Methodism and spiritual and intellectual father of the modern holiness and Pentecostal movements. First seen as simply a movement, Pentecostalism has grown far beyond this definition. ""This could well be the major story of Christianity in the twentieth century,"" writes Synan...
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Pentecostalism -- History Church history -- Study and teaching -- United States Pentecostals -- Missions -- Latin America