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Pentecostalism is one of the fastest-growing religious movements in the world. Groups in the United States dominated early pentecostal histories, but recent global manifestations have expanded and complicated the definition of Pentecostalism. This volume provides a nuanced overview of Pentecostalisms various manifestations and explores what it means to be pentecostal from the perspectives of both insiders and outsiders. Leading scholars in the field use a multidisciplinary approach to analyze the historical, economic, political, cultural, anthropological, sociological, and theological aspects of the movement. They address controversies, such as the Oneness-Trinity dispute, introduce new theories, and chart trajectories for future research. The Cambridge Companion to Pentecostalism will enable beginners to familiarize themselves with the important issues and debates surrounding the global movement, while also offering experienced scholars a valuable handbook for reference.

CECIL M. ROBECK, JR. is Professor of Church History and Ecumenics and director of the David J. DuPlessis Center for Christian Spirituality at Fuller Theological Seminary in California. He served as the editor of Pneuma: The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies for nine years and is the author of The Azusa Street Mission and Revival: The Birth of the Global Pentecostal Movement (2006) and Prophecy at Carthage: Perpetua, Tertullian, and Cyprian (1992).

AMOS YONG Professor of Theology and Mission and director of the Center for Missiological Research at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. He has authored or edited more than two dozen books, many relating to pentecostal theology, including Pentecostalism and Prosperity: The Socioeconomics of the Global Charismatic Movement (2012) and The Spirit of Creation: Modern Science and Divine Action in the Pentecostal-Charismatic Imagination (2011).

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The Cambridge Companion to Pentecostalism

Edited by

Cecil M. Robeck, Jr.

Fuller Theological Seminary, California

Amos Yong

Fuller Theological Seminary, California

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The Cambridge companion to Pentecostalism / edited by Cecil M. Robeck, Jr., Fuller Theological Seminary, California, Amos Yong, Fuller Theological Seminary,

California.

pages cm. (Cambridge companions to religion)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-107-00709-3 (hardback) ISBN 978-0-521-18838-8 (pbk.)

1. Pentecostalism. I. Robeck, Cecil M., editor of compilation.

BR1644.C325 2014

270.8'2dc23 2014002504

ISBN 978-1-107-00709-3 Hardback

ISBN 978-0-521-18838-8 Paperback

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