The Black Roots and White Racism of Early Pentecostalism in the USA

Front Matter....Pages i-xv Introduction....Pages 1-3 Some Glossolalic Precursors of the Pentecostal Movement....Pages 5-8 The Roots of Pentecostalism: Black American Christianity....Pages 9-36 The Roots of Pentecostalism: the American Holiness Movement....Pages 37-42 Charles F. Parham and the Evidence Doctrine....Pages 43-47 The Birth of a Movement: William J. Seymour and the Azusa Mission....Pages 48-59 The Redrawing of the Colour Line....Pages 60-76 Black Birth, Interracial Infancy, Segregated Childhood....Pages 77-89 The Spirit and the Wall....Pages 90-94 Back Matter....Pages 95-142