Pentecostals in America

Arlene Sánchez Walsh

Published by Columbia University Press 2018

Pentecostals in America

Arlene Sánchez Walsh

In the series Columbia Contemporary American Religion Series

https://doi.org/10.7312/sanc14182

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About this book

Arlene M. Sánchez Walsh provides a thematic overview of Pentecostalism in America, covering Pentecostal faith and practices, gender and sexuality, race and ethnicity, trends and offshoots, and the future of American Pentecostalism. She also places it in context within the larger narrative of American religious history.

Author / Editor information

Arlene M. Sánchez Walsh is associate professor of religious studies at Azusa Pacific University. She is the author of the award-winning Latino Pentecostal Identity: Evangelical Faith, Self, and Society (Columbia, 2003).

Reviews

Phillip Luke Sinitiere, College of Biblical Studies:
This exciting project offers a compelling take on Pentecostalism’s history in the U.S., and is an eminently readable introduction to the subject that should be accessible to both students and scholars alike. By arguing that Pentecostalism, as a social and religious movement, is quintessentially American, Sánchez Walsh highlights Pentecostalism’s flexibility and improvisational nature.

Angela Tarango, Trinity University:
Arlene M. Sánchez Walsh’s book Pentecostals in America is a fresh take on the traditional history of the American Pentecostal movement. The book is thematic, rather than chronological, and explores issues around gender, sexuality, race, music, fame, and theological innovation by using snapshots of Pentecostal lives in order to excavate the complexities of the religious tradition. By focusing on particular people, Sanchez-Walsh puts well known Pentecostals including William Seymour, Charles Fox Parham, Aimee Semple McPherson, and A. A. Allen in conversation with more controversial figures such as Elvis Presley, Marvin Gaye, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Juanita Bynum, and the prosperity preacher Joel Osteen. She weaves her ethnographic findings together with historical and biographical research, thus enlivening the narrative with her wry, funny voice and personal observations. Sánchez Walsh writes with verve and the careful observation of one who has studied the movement for a long time.

Paul Harvey, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs:
In Penteacostals in America, Arlene M. Sánchez Walsh explores, describes, and interprets the almost infinitely varied and complex world of American Pentecostalism. The result is an impressionist painting of Pentecostalism in America, beautifully colored and bursting with vivid description and stimulating interpretations, both useful and delightfully interesting to read.

Amanda Porterfield, author of Corporate Spirit: Religion and the Rise of the Modern Corporation:
'Pentecostals tell great stories' and so does Arlene M. Sánchez Walsh in this marvelous new addition to the Columbia Contemporary American Religion Series. Combining empathy with insight and deep scholarship with dramatic flair, Sánchez Walsh offers a well-rounded, richly textured picture that tells us a good deal about America as well as about Pentecostalism. This book will engage students, inspire scholars, and advance understanding of the power and complexity of religion in American life.

R. Marie Griffith, John C. Danforth Distinguished Professor in the Humanities, Washington University in St. Louis:
Pentecostals in America is a lively thematic exploration of Pentecostal believers across the twentieth century and into our own time. With a keen ear and an acute sensitivity toward the stories that tie worshipers to this eclectic and powerfully embodied tradition, Arlene M. Sánchez Walsh insightfully scrutinizes the faith and practices of Pentecostal women and men. She attends closely to a diverse cast of noted leaders as well as contemporary outliers who stretch the boundaries of the tradition, analyzing important factors such as gender and sexuality ideals, popular culture, and race and ethnicity. A smart, compelling, and entertaining analysis of a homegrown American religion that has become a global force.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
CHAPTER ONE. Pentecostal Faith and Practice Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
CHAPTER TWO. Pentecostal Innovators Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	14
CHAPTER THREE. Gender, Sexualities, and Pentecostalism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	34
CHAPTER FOUR. Pentecostalism and Popular Culture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	52
CHAPTER FIVE. Race, Ethnicity, and the Construction of an American Pentecostal Identity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	69
CHAPTER SIX. Outliers in American Pentecostalism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
Epilogue. A Whole New Thing— The Future of Pentecostalism in America Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
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Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;

eBook

Published: September 24, 2018
ISBN: 9780231512220