The Assemblies of God: Godly Love and the Revitalization of American Pentecostalism

by Margaret M. Poloma, John C. Green, John Clifford Green

Book Overview

The Assemblies of God (AG) is the ninth largest American and the world's largest Pentecostal denomination, with over 50 million followers worldwide. The AG embraces a worldview of miracles and mystery that makes"supernatural" experiences, such as speaking in tongues, healing, and prophecy, normal for Christian believers. Ever since it first organized in 1916, however, the "charismata" or "gifts of the Holy Spirit" have felt tension from institutional...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814767834
• ISBN13: 9780814767832
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.1"