Vision of the disinherited : the making of American Pentecostalism

Traces the recent increased interest in the Pentecostal movement and its three main doctrinal camps, and examines their beliefs and practices, including speaking in tongues This study is limited to the formative phase of the Pentecostal movement from the late nineteenth century to the early 1930s. The Depression years were years of phenomenal growth for the Pentecostals, but by then the movement had entered a different stage of development; much of the spontaneous element had become ritualized and what had been a fluid movement had largely crystallized into a number of denominations. While my primary focus has been on Pentecostalism as a social movement, I have been ever mindful of the interaction between theological and sociological influences, between ideas and action. - Introduction. Robert Mapes Anderson. Originally Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1979. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 297-326) And Index.