Between Babel and Pentecost
Subtitle: Transnational Pentecostalism in Africa and Latin America
Contributors: Andre Corten (Editor); Ruth Marshall-Fratani (Editor)
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: September 15, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 311
ISBN-13: 9780253213785
Subjects: Christianity - Denominations; Christianity - History - Protestant; Christianity - Pentecostal & Charismatic; Africa - General; Christianity - General; Religion - Socialissues; Africa, Sub-Saharan; Church history; Latin America; Pentecostal churches; Pentecostalism; Religion
First sentence: The extraordinary growth of the Pentecostal movement throughout the world since its origins in the early twentieth centuries is best understood in its entirety if the transcendental dimension, expressed through doctrine and the religious experience it produces, is taken into account in historical and sociological research.