Global Pentecostalism: The New Face of Christian Social Engagement
The ballooning phenomenon of global Pentecostalism calls for intrepid scholars. Donald Miller and Tetsunao Yamamori spent four years, visited 20 countries, and logged 300 interviews to discover the religious tradition previously identified with otherworldly escapism now comprises the front lines of...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford Univ. Press
2009
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Sociology of religion
Year: 2009, Volume: 70, Issue: 4, Pages: 454-455 |
| Review of: | Global Pentecostalism (Berkeley, Calif. [u.a.] : Univ. of California Press, 2007) (Bowler, Catherine)
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| Summary: | The ballooning phenomenon of global Pentecostalism calls for intrepid scholars. Donald Miller and Tetsunao Yamamori spent four years, visited 20 countries, and logged 300 interviews to discover the religious tradition previously identified with otherworldly escapism now comprises the front lines of social welfare efforts., Their journey began when Miller and Yamamori set out to study fast-growing and self-supporting churches located in the developing world that focused on helping disadvantaged members of their communities. They found that nearly 85 percent of the churches nominated by 400 colleagues in church, health, and academic sectors were Pentecostal. |
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| ISSN: | 1759-8818 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sociology of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/socrel/srp054 |