The Holiness-Pentecostal tradition
Subtitle: Charismatic movements in the twentieth century
By: Vinson Synan.
Contributors: Synan, Vinson.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co.
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 340
Subjects: Pentecostalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; Holiness churches -- United States -- History.; Pentecostalism -- History -- 20th century.
Description: Called "a pioneer contribution" by Church History when it was first published in 1971 as The Holiness-Pentecostal Movement in the United States, this volume has now been revised and enlarged by Vinson Synan to account for the incredible changes that have occurred in the church world during the last quarter of the twentieth century.

Synan brings together the stories of the many movements usually labeled "holiness," "pentecostal," or "charismatic," and shows that there is an identifiable "second blessing" tradition in Christianity that began with the Catholic and Anglican mystics, that was crystallized in the teaching of John Wesley, and that was further perpetuated through the holiness and Keswick movements of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to the appearance of modern Pentecostalism.

Synan then chronicles the story of the Azusa Street awakening, with special attention given to the beginnings of the movement in those nations where Pentecostalism has become a major religious force. He also examines the rise of various mainline-church charismatic movements that have their roots in Pentecostalism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-328) and index.
Rev. ed. of: Holiness-Pentecostal movement in the United States. 1971.