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Author Palma, Paul J.

Title Grassroots Pentecostalism in Brazil and the United States : migrations, missions, and mobility / Paul J. Palma
Published Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2022

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Series Christianity and renewal--interdisciplinary studies
CHARIS: Christianity and renewal--interdisciplinary studies.
Contents Introduction -- Part I: Genesis and Development -- Chapter 1. From Chicago to the Brazilian Bairros: Origins of Trans-Americas Grassroots Pentecostalism -- Chapter 2. Euro-US Migrants in Brazil and the Making of Brazilian Pentecostalism -- Chapter 3. Renewing Pentecostalism in the Southern Cone: The Christian Assemblies in Argentina and Brazil -- Chapter 4. From Brazil to North America: Reverse Mission Trajectories -- Part II: Challenges and Prospects -- Chapter 5. Assessing Patterns of Church Growth -- Chapter 6: Comparing Models of Church Polity -- Chapter 7: Holiness Ethic, Separatism, and the Politics of Trans-Americas Pentecostalism.-Conclusion.
Summary This book offers an historical and comparative profile of classical pentecostal movements in Brazil and the United States in view of their migratory beginnings and transnational expansion. Pentecostalisms inception in the early twentieth century, particularly in its global South permutations, was defined by its grassroots character. In contrast to the top-down, hierarchical structure typical of Western forms of Christianity, the emergence of Latin American Pentecostalism embodied stability from the bottom upamong the common people. While the rise to prominence of the Assemblies of God in Brazil, the Western hemispheres largest (non-Catholic) denomination, demanded structure akin to mainline contexts, classical pentecostals such as the Christian Congregation movement cling to their grassroots identity. Comparing the migratory and missional flow of movements with similar European and US roots, this book considers the prospects for classical Brazilian pentecostals with an eye on the problems of church growth and polity, gender, politics, and ethnic identity. Paul J. Palma is a professor at Regent University and SUM Bible College and Theological Seminary. He is the author of Italian American Pentecostalism and the Struggle for Religious Identity (2020) and Embracing Our Roots (2021)
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Subject Pentecostalism -- United States
Pentecostalism -- Brazil
Pentecostalism
SUBJECT United States -- Church history. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139926
Brazil -- Church history. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85016520
Subject Brazil
United States
Genre/Form Church history
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9783031133718
3031133714