Monthly Logos free ebook: on Pentecostalism (July)

Pentecostalism: A Guide for the Perplexed

Wolfgang Vondey

London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2013.

Pentecostalism is the fastest growing religious movement of our time. The unexpected birth of the modern Pentecostal movement at the doorsteps of the twentieth century is as perplexing as its continuing existence and unprecedented expansion worldwide. Once marginalized from public discourse, Pentecostals have now entered into mainstream culture, religion, politics, academia, and social action. However, the unprecedented growth of Pentecostalism in all its diversity has led to characterizations ripe with platitudes, stereotypes, and misrepresentations.