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Informationen zum Autor Eric Patterson is dean of the School of Government and associate professor of political science at Regent University. He is also senior research fellow at Georgetown University’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs. He is the author or editor of nine books, including Ending Wars Well: Just War Thinking and Post-Conflict (2012) and a Choice Highly Recommended Title, Ethics Beyond War's End ( 2012). Patterson served as a White House Fellow and at the State Department’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, and has nearly seventeen years of continuing service as an officer in the Air National Guard. He has been a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies. About the contributors Rabbi Captain David Daniels (1933–2020) was emeritus professor of music at Oakland University and conductor emeritus of the Warren Symphony, both in Michigan. In 2016 he was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the College Orchestra Directors' Association. Klappentext One hundred years after the Azusa Street Revival stunned Los Angeles and changed Western Christianity, Pentecostalism has become the fastest growing religious movement in the world. However, many Pentecostal denominations in the United States are in a slow decline. Will Pentecostalism survive in North America in the twenty-first century? If so, what forms will it take? The Future of Pentecostalism in the United States brings together leading scholars of charismatic and Pentecostal Christianity to discuss and forecast these issues. The book looks at American Pentecostalism from a variety of disciplinary perspectives including sociology, theology, history, and the arts. The book also considers various traditions and sub-movements within U.S. Pentecostalism, such as African American Pentecostal and charismatic Latino churches, urban postmodern charismatic congregations, and the role of Pentecostal institutions of higher education. Zusammenfassung This book considers whether Pentecostalism will remain a vibrant religious force in the land of its birth (the U.S.)! and if so! what forms it will take. The contributors represent a variety of disciplinary and methodological approaches in answering these questions! often concluding that U.S. Pentecostalism(s) are in decline but able to reform. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction: American Pentecostalism: Challenges and Temptations Chapter 2 Baptized in the Spirit: A Reflection on the Future of Pentecostal Theology Chapter 3 Postmodern Pentecostals: Emerging Subcultures Among Young Pentecostal Leaders Chapter 4 Music in the Pentecostal Movement Chapter 5 Latinos and North American Pentecostalism Chapter 6 The Future of Pentecostal Higher Education: the Ring, the Shire, or the Redemption of Middle Earth Chapter 7 The Symbolic Dilemma and the Future of Pentecostalism: Mysticism, Ritual, and Revival Chapter 8 The Future of Oneness Pentecostalism Chapter 9 "The Almost Pentecostal:" The Future of the Church of God in the United States Chapter 10 Heritage and Horizons: The Derivation and Destiny of Open Bible Churches Chapter 11 Race and Religion: The Future of Black American Pentecostalism Chapter 12 Conclusion: Back to the Future? US Pentecostalism in the 21st Century ...
