Afro-Pentecostalism

Amos Yong is J. Rodman Williams Professor of Theology at Regent University School of Divinity in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He is most recently the author Hospitality and the Other: Pentecost, Christian Practices, and the Neighbor.Estrelda Y. Alexander is a Professor of Theology at Regent University School of Divinity in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and Executive Director of the Seymour Pan-African Pentecostal Project. She is co-editor (with Amos Yong) of Philip's Daughters: Women in Pentecostal-Charismatic Leadership, among other works.

"The essays are evenly written throughout, well researched, illuminating, and highly informative." - W.J. Pankey (Choice) "A groundbreaking collection by several generations of scholars of African American religious history, theology, and ethics. A must read for anyone serious about the study of the larger Pentecostal and Charismatic movements in particular and the American Christian church and its missions in general." - A.G. Miller,Oberlin College "An important, pioneering and multidisciplinary collection from some of the best scholars in this field. The contribution of Afro-Pentecostalism in shaping the religious history of Christianity in the twentieth century is expertly discussed and false presuppositions exposed. No student of Pentecostalism will want to be without this book." - Allan Anderson,University of Birmingham, UK "Afro-Pentecostalism is an excellent interdisciplinary study of the past, present, and future of the African American Pentecostal movement, demonstrating that it is far more than what many other black Protestants have perceived it to be." (The Journal of African American History)

• Acknowledgments 1 Introduction: Black Tongues of Fire Estrelda Y. Alexander and Amos Yong Part I: Origins 2 The Azusa Street Mission and Historic Black Churches Cecil M. Robeck Jr. 3 Navigating the Territory David D. Daniels III Part II: Gender and Culture 4 Laying the Foundations for Azusa Valerie C. Cooper 5 Church Mothers and Pentecostals in the Modern Age Clarence E. Hardy III 6 Rites of Lynching and Rights of Dance Craig Scandrett-Leatherman 7. Crossing Over Jordan Louis B. Gallien Jr. Part III: Prophetic Ethics 8. Pentecostal Ethics and the Prosperity Gospel Cheryl J. Sanders 9. Ethics in a Prophetic Mode Leonard Lovett Part IV: Pneumatology 10. Pneumatology William C. Turner Jr. 11. On the Compatibility/Incompatibility of Pentecostal Premillennialism with Black Liberation Theology Frederick L. Ware Part V: Afro-Pentecostalism in Global Context 12. Black Joseph Ogbu U. Kalu 13. Meeting Beyond These Shores Dale T. Irvin Select Bibliography Contributors Index