Pentecostal and Holiness Statements on War and Peace
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Pub
Published: Aug 30, 2013
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9781610979085
Description: Many Pentecostal groups have forgotten their legacy of war resistance and doctrinal history opposing killing. To rectify this loss, we have catalogued Holiness and Pentecostal denominational statements on war and peace. Numerous Holiness groups and virtually all early Pentecostal groups had some form of pacifist statement against war. This antiwar collection gives us an almost uniform picture of the early Pentecostal movement as largely pacifist in orientation. The commonality of these statements across both Holiness and Pentecostal movements is evidence they are a continuous group and not two separate movements. While their early doctrines opposed killing, many named in this book are now widely considered to be stalwarts of the Religious Right, or at least staunch supporters of Christian participation in war. Our hope is that this book will frame the official position of early Pentecostals on war and peace, and encourage Pentecostals today to reflect on their antiwar heritage. -- from back cover
Notes: Source title: Pentecostal and Holiness Statements on War and Peace (Pentecostals, Peacemaking, and Social Justice)