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In 1906, William J. Seymour (1870-1922) preached Pentecostal revival at the Azusa Street mission in Los Angeles. From these and other humble origins the movement has blossomed to 631 million people around the world. Gastón Espinosa provides new insight into the life and ministry of Seymour, the Azusa Street revival, and Seymour's influence on global Pentecostal origins. After defining key terms and concepts, he surveys the changing interpretations of Seymour over the past 100 years, critically engages them in a biography, and then provides an unparalleled collection of primary sources, all in a single volume. He pays particular attention to race relations, Seymour's paradigmatic global influence from 1906 to 1912, and the break between Seymour and Charles Parham, another founder of Pentecostalism. Espinosa's fragmentation thesis argues that the Pentecostal propensity to invoke direct unmediated experiences with the Holy Spirit empowers ordinary people to break the bottle of denominationalism and to rapidly indigenize and spread their message.
The 104 primary sources include all of Seymour's extant writings in full and without alteration and some of Parham's theological, social, and racial writings, which help explain why the two parted company. To capture the revival's diversity and global influence, this book includes Black, Latino, Swedish, and Irish testimonies, along with those of missionaries and leaders who spread Seymour's vision of Pentecostalism globally.
Sommario
Foreword xiii
Preface xix
Acknowledgments xxi
Timeline xxiii
Introduction. Definitions and 100 Years of Historiography on Seymour 1
Part I. Biography
1. American Pentecostal Origins: Parham and Seymour 41
3. Moses and Mecca: Seymour, Azusa, and Global Origins 69
4. God Makes No Difference in Color: Azusa's Transgressive Social Space 96
5. Wrecking the Spirit of Azusa: Grumbling and the Road to Decline 109
6. Race War in the Churches: Promoting Peace by Taking the Initiative 126
7. We Don't Believe in Relics: Seymour in Ignominy 143
Conclusion. Holy Restlessness and Cracking Bottles 149
Part II. Documentary History of William J. Seymour, The Azusa Street Revival, and Global Pentecostal Origins
A. Seymour's Spiritual Writings from the
Apostolic Faith, 1906-08 161
B. Seymour's
Doctrines and Discipline Minister's Manual (1915) 216
C. Azusa Street Revival Accounts in the
Apostolic Faith, 1906-08 301
D. Historical Overviews and Testimonies of Seymour and the Azusa Revival 309
E. Critics of Seymour and the Revival 372
F. Writings of Charles Fox Parham 380
Notes 389
Bibliography 411
Index 429
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Gastón Espinosa is Arthur V. Stoughton Associate Professor and Chair of Religious Studies at Claremont McKenna College. He is the author of Latino Pentecostals in America: Faith and Politics in Action and editor of Religion, Race, and Barack Obama's New Democratic Pluralism and Mexican American Religions: Spirituality, Activism, and Culture, which is also published by Duke University Press.
Riassunto
In 1906, William J Seymour (1870-1922) preached Pentecostal revival at the Azusa Street mission in Los Angeles. This book provides an insight into the life and ministry of Seymour, the Azusa Street revival, and Seymour's influence on global Pentecostal origins.
