Evangelical Awakenings in the Anglophone Caribbean : Studies From Grenada and Barbados

This book examines the evangelical Christian worship focusing primarily in the island-state of Grenada. The study is based upon the author’s detailed study of Pentecostal communities in that island-state as well as her own background in Barbados. The study traces the development of Pentecostal religious communities from Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Wesleyan Methodist movement. "Preface"--"Introduction" -- "Contents" -- "List of Table " -- "Chapter 1: Christianizing the West Indies/Caribbean: A Sociohistorical Overview" -- "Wesleyan Methodism in the West Indian Colonies" -- "The Wesleyan Methodist Mission on Barbados" -- "Evangelical Voluntarist Salvation" -- "Notes" -- "Bibliography" -- "Chapter 2: Who Is Worthy to Serve? The Call to Evangelical Ministry" -- "Ties and Connections to Methodism in America" -- "Organizing the Methodist Society" -- "Organizational Methods" -- "Organizing Methodism in the West Indies" -- "Managing Crises" -- "Wesleyan Methodist Discipline" -- "Racial Politics" -- "Social Status and Wesleyan Methodism" -- "Notes" -- "Bibliography" -- "Chapter 3: Return of the Evangelicals: Caribbean Pentecostal Revival Meetings" -- "Caribbean Pentecostal Religious Revival" -- "Black Pentecostal and Indigenous Pastors" -- "Continuous Revivals" -- "Notes" -- "Bibliography" -- "Chapter 4: The Caribbean Religious Environment: The Twentieth Century" -- "Preparing for Ministry" -- "The North American Evangelical Mission to the West Indies" -- "Crisis and Evangelical Mission" -- "Pentecostal Theological Influences" -- " Church Planting and Administration" -- "North American Evangelical Organizations in the Caribbean" -- "The Missionary Community in the Caribbean" -- "Indigenous Pentecostal Leaders" -- "Regional Evangelical Training Centers" -- "Notes" -- "Bibliography" -- "Chapter 5: Baptism, Gender, and Family Redefined in Caribbean Pentecostalism" -- "Baptism into Christianity" -- "Baptism of Infants in the Early Twentieth Century" -- "Baptism and Pentecostalism" -- "Caribbean Pentecostalism and Family Arrangements" -- "Women and Pentecostalism" -- "Prayer-Warrior Status" -- "Notes" -- "Bibliography." Front Matter....Pages i-xxi Christianizing the West Indies/Caribbean: A Sociohistorical Overview....Pages 1-41 Who Is Worthy to Serve? The Call to Evangelical Ministry....Pages 43-70 Return of the Evangelicals: Caribbean Pentecostal Revival Meetings....Pages 71-100 The Caribbean Religious Environment: The Twentieth Century....Pages 101-141 Baptism, Gender, and Family Redefined in Caribbean Pentecostalism....Pages 143-174 The Evangelical Gospel: Its Socioreligious Influences in the Caribbean....Pages 175-198 Back Matter....Pages 199-216 Paula L. Aymer. Includes Bibliographical References And Index