Book Summary
This book is about the boisterous beginnings of the American Pentecostalmovement and the ideas that defined that movement during those formative years. Itfollows a group of men who rethought the Christian faith in light of their newexperience of God. Thinking in the Spirit aims to provide scholars and generalreaders who know little or nothing about Pentecostalism with an introduction to theideas of the movement's most articulate early spokespersons, and to providePentecostals with a non-judgmental historical source to help them in theirtheological reflections. Douglas Jacobsen focuses on the individuals who formed theoriginal brain trust of this now gigantic religious movement. In a 25-year burst ofcreative energy at the beginning of the 20th century, these leaders articulatedalmost all the basic theological ideas that continue to define the Pentecostalmessage in the United States and around the world.
Book Details
| Book Name | Thinking In The Spirit: Theologies Of The Early Pentecostal Movement |
| Author | Douglas G. Jacobsen |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press (Nov 2003) |
| ISBN | 9780253343208 |
| Pages | 440 |
| Language | English |
| Price | 4326 |
