Choosing the Jesus Way: American Indian Pentecostals and the Fight for the Indigenous Principle

by Angela Tarango

Choosing the Jesus Way uncovers the history and religious experiences of the first American Indian converts to Pentecostalism. Focusing on the Assemblies of God denomination, the story begins in 1918, when white missionaries fanned out from the South and Midwest to convert Native Americans in the West and other parts of the country. Drawing on new approaches to the global history of Pentecostalism, Angela Tarango shows how converted indigenous...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469612925
• ISBN13: 9781469612928
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"