Author(s): Eric Patterson (Editor), Edmund Rybarczyk (Editor), Kimberly Ervin Alexander (Contributor), David K. Bernard (Contributor), David Cole (Contributor), Earl Creps (Contributor), David Daniels (Contributor), Jeff Hittenberger (Contributor), Calvin M. Johansson (Contributor), Frank Macchia (Contributor), Margaret M. Poloma (Contributor), Arlene Sánchez Walsh (Contributor)
Publisher: Lexington Books
Publication Date: 26 Nov. 2007
Language: English
Print length: 240 pages
ISBN-10: 0739121022
ISBN-13: 9780739121023
Book Description
One hundred years after the Azusa Street Revival stunned Los Angeles and changed Western Christianity, Pentecostalism has become the fastest growing religious movement in the world. However, many Pentecostal denominations in the United States are in a slow decline. Will Pentecostalism survive in North America in the twenty-first century? If so, what forms will it take? The Future of Pentecostalism in the United States brings together leading scholars of charismatic and Pentecostal Christianity to discuss and forecast these issues. The book looks at American Pentecostalism from a variety of disciplinary perspectives including sociology, theology, history, and the arts. The book also considers various traditions and sub-movements within U.S. Pentecostalism, such as African American Pentecostal and charismatic Latino churches, urban postmodern charismatic congregations, and the role of Pentecostal institutions of higher education.
Editorial Reviews
Review
This book deserves the time and attention of both insiders and outsiders because of the demonstrated intellectual honesty of the contributors. It offers fresh proposals and gathers in one volume some ideas that were previously shared in miscellaneous documents. The focus on the future makes this work unique, and scholars, ministers, and lay leaders will benefit from reading it. — David Michel, Chicago Theological Seminary ― H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online
Regardless of where one standes on these issues, this volume by Patterson and Rybarczyk has given American Pentecostals some important glimpses into the future. ―
Pneuma 30
Enlightening. This book raises important questions, some of them uncomfortable. As pointed out in the foreword, answers are not always given to the questions raised. The matter, though, is too important not to be reflected upon. — Jean-Daniel Pluss ―
Journal Of The European Pentecostal Theological Association, Fall 2009
In The Future of Pentecostalism in the United States, Eric Patterson and Edmund Rybarczyk have gathered a stellar cast of scholars to ponder the future of the movement in the nation of its birth. This history in reverse gives Pentecostals a discerning, critical, and prophetic view of the movement as it enters its second century. This valuable book should be required reading for American Pentecostals and Charismatics as well as for Christians of all traditions who wish to understand this vast and complex movement. — Vinson Synan, Regent University
About the Author
Eric Patterson is dean of the School of Government and associate professor of political science at Regent University. He is also senior research fellow at Georgetown University’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs. He is the author or editor of nine books, including Ending Wars Well: Just War Thinking and Post-Conflict (2012) and a Choice Highly Recommended Title, Ethics Beyond War’s End ( 2012). Patterson served as a White House Fellow and at the State Department’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, and has nearly seventeen years of continuing service as an officer in the Air National Guard. He has been a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies. About the contributors Rabbi Captain
David Daniels (1933–2020) was emeritus professor of music at Oakland University and conductor emeritus of the Warren Symphony, both in Michigan. In 2016 he was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the College Orchestra Directors’ Association.
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