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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454573503321

Autore

Wacker Grant <1945->

Titolo

Heaven below [[electronic resource] ] : early Pentecostals and American culture / / Grant Wacker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2001

ISBN

0-674-04473-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 364 p.)

Disciplina

289.940973

Soggetti

Pentecostalism - United States - History - 20th century

Pentecostal churches - United States - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

United States Church history 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 2001.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-354) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Temperament 2. Tongues 3. Testimony 4. Authority 5. Cosmos 6. Worship 7. Rhetoric 8. Customs 9. Leaders 10. Women 11. Boundaries 12. Society 13. Nation 14. War 15. Destiny Epilogue Appendix: U.S. Pentecostal Statistics Notes Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this history of the rise of pentecostalism in the United States, Grant Wacker gives an in-depth account of the religious practices of pentecostal churches as well as an engaging picture of the way these beliefs played out in daily life.