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The Assemblies of God : godly love and the revitalization of American Pentecostalism /

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The Assemblies of God draws on fresh, up-to-date research including quantitative surveys and interviews from twenty-two diverse Assemblies of God congregations to offer a new sociological portrait of the AG for the new millennium. The authors suggest that there is indeed a potential revitalization o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Poloma, Margaret M. (Author), Green, John Clifford, 1953- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: New York : New York University Press, ©2010.
Subjects:
Assemblies of God.
Assemblies of God
Christian sociology > Assemblies of God.
Christian sociology > United States.
United States > Religious life and customs.
Sociologie religieuse > Assemblies of God.
RELIGION > Messianic Judaism.
Christian sociology > Assemblies of God
Christian sociology
United States
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Congregational overview
  • Charisma and structure in the Assemblies of God: theoretical overview
  • Pentecostal Identity and the charismata: mixed motivation and religious experience
  • Structure and charisma: doctrine, power, and administration
  • Spirit baptism and spiritual transformation: an exercise in socio-theology
  • Spiritual empowerment: pray-ers, prophets, and healers in the pews
  • Law of love and love of law: beliefs, mores, and faces of love
  • Ushering in the Kingdom of God: religious values, godly love, and public affairs
  • Covenants, contracts, and godly love (with Matthew T. Lee).