Product Description

How and why is Christianity's center of gravity shifting to the developing world? To understand this rapidly growing phenomenon, Donald E. Miller and Tetsunao Yamamori spent four years traveling the globe conducting extensive on-the-ground research in twenty different countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Europe. The result is this vividly detailed book and accompanying DVD, which together contain the most comprehensive information available on Pentecostalism, the fastest-growing religion in the world. Rich with scenes from everyday life, the book and DVD dispel many stereotypes about this religion as they build a wide-ranging, nuanced portrait of a major new social movement. The DVD features footage of Pentecostal religious worship, testimony, and social activism, and includes interviews with Pentecostal pastors and leaders from around the world.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #333493 in Books
• Published on: 2007-09-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 263 pages

Review
"An informative and highly readable account that puts faces and names on what is quickly becoming the major expression of Christianity around the globe."--Intnl Bltn of Missionary Rsrch "Offers scholarly precision and journalistic engagement, not a fast and easy series of happy stories--but it's worth the effort."--World Magazine "This book is a delight to read. The sense that you are discovering a new and exciting spiritual movement inhabits every page."--Catholic Studies: an On-line Jrnl

About the Author
Donald Miller, Professor of Religion and Executive Director of the Center for Religion and Civic Culture at the University of Southern California, is the author of Reinventing American Protestantism (UC Press) and editor of Gen X Religion, among other books. Tetsunao Yamamori, President Emeritus of Food for the Hungry International and Senior Fellow of the Center for Religion and Civic Culture at the University of Southern California, is the author and editor of two dozen books including Exploring Religious Meaning and Penetrating Missions' Final Frontier.

Customer Reviews

Global Pentecostalism
This review covers Latin America,Africa and Asia and briefly the former states of west Russia. A CD Rom is included to illustrate the text. Overall this is an exellant appraisal of this rapidly growing movement.

Important book
This book is among the top three books I have read in the past year. Unlike others that simply reveal that Pentecostalism is the fastest growing section of the Christian Church, it highlights their influence in care for thr poor and social change. It contasts what it calls progressive pentecostalism with those who only see their faith as a mans of encountering God