Paul J. Palma

Italian American Pentecostalism and the Struggle for Religious Identity

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Produktbeschreibung

While many established forms of Christianity have seen significant decline in recent decades, Pentecostals are currently one of the fastest growing religious groups across the world. This book examines the roots, inception, and expansion of Pentecostalism among Italian Americans to demonstrate how Pentecostalism moves so freely through widely varying cultures. The book begins with a survey of the origins and early shaping forces of Italian American Pentecostalism. It charts its birth among immigrants in Chicago as well as the initial expansion fuelled by the convergence of folk-Catholic, Reformed evangelical, and Holiness sources. The book goes on to explain how internal and external pressures demanded structure, leading to the founding of the Christian Church of North America in 1927. Paralleling this development was the emergence of the Italian District of the Assemblies of God, the Assemblee di Dio in Italia (Assemblies of God in Italy), the Canadian Assemblies of God, and formidable denominations in Brazil and Argentina. In the closing chapters, based on analysis of key theological loci and in lieu of contemporary developments, the future prospects of the movement are laid out and assessed. This book provides a purview into the religious lives of an underexamined, but culturally significant group in America. As such, it will be of great interest to scholars of Pentecostalism, Religious Studies and Religious History, as well as Migrations Studies and Cultural Studies in America

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 424g
• ISBN-13: 9780367785109
• ISBN-10: 0367785102
• Artikelnr.: 61211730

Autorenporträt

Paul J. Palma is Adjunct Professor of Biblical Studies and Christian Ministry at Regent University College of Arts and Sciences, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
PAR Through the Fire: The Historical Contours of Italian American Pentecostalism
1 "Tongues of Fire": The Roots of Italian Pentecostalism
2 The Fire Falls in Chicago: The Birth of Italian Pentecostalism
3 Seeds Sown in Volatile Surroundings: Migrant Contadini and the Early Expansion of Italian Pentecostalism
4 Italian Pentecostals on Trial: Opposition from Without and Within
5 Beyond Anti-Organizationalism: Italian Pentecostals, the Christian Church of North American, and Denominational Stability
6 For Italians "The World Over": Italian Pentecostals and the Assemblies of God
7 Renewing the Barrios: Italian Pentecostals in the Southern Cone
Photo Essay: Italian American Pentecostals at Home and Abroad
PART II Theological Trajectories of Italian American Pentecostalism
8 "La promessa dello Spirito Santo": The Baptism, Gifts, and Directives of the Spirit
9 Mystical Union: Salvation, Atonement, and Healing
10 Mystical Communion: Worship, Ethics, and Eschatology
11 Expanding Horizons: Italian Pentecostalism and Contemporary Theology
Conclusion "To the Jew first and also to the Greek"
Epilogue
Bibliography
Appendix A: CCNA "Articles of Faith" (1997)
Appendix B: IPCC "We Believe" Statement (1993)
Appendix C: Article 12 of the ADI's "Articles of Faith" (Articoli di fede) Statement (1999)
Index