Pentecostals and Charismatics in Latin America and Latino Communities

Juan Esteban, Sepúlveda Iglesias en la Comunidad Teológica Evangélica de ChileJody B. Fleming, Regent University School of Divinity, USARyan Gladwin, Palm Beach Atlantic University, USARonald Todd Bueno, University of Middlesex and Oxford Center for Mission Studies, UKDaniel Alvarez, Messenger College, Euless, USACalvin L. Smith, King's Evangelical Divinity School, UKRobert A. Danielson, Asbury Theological Seminary, USADaniel A. Rodríguez, Pepperdine University, USANeomi DeAnda, Dayton University, USAJenniffer Contreras, Talbot School of Theology, Biola University, La Mirada, USAEsa Autero, South Florida Bible College and Theological Seminary, USABrandon Kertson, Regent University, USAWilmer Estrada-Carrasquillo, Asbury Theological Seminary, USA Eric Patterson, Robertson School of Government at Regent University, USA

"As I read this book, I sensed a fresh new wave of the same Holy Spirit that fell upon the nations on the Day of Pentecost taking place in various forms across the social and cultural diversity in the Global South. This spiritual renewal takes place in the creative tension and dynamic convergence between local and global, order and ardor, cognitive and spiritual. Herein is reflected the soul of conviction and a prophetic voice of courage, the tender edges of compassion, and the strong heart of the Gospel. This book creates a bridge between academic and applied interests that is much needed in the contemporary church del Norte." - Jesse Miranda, Founder and Director of the Jesse Miranda Center for Hispanic Leadership and Director of the Center for Urban Studies & Hispanic Leadership, Vanguard University, USA "Medina and Alfaro have 'gifted' the church with a provocative and insightful witness of the intellectual maturity of Latin American/Latino Pentecostal thought. Pentecostals and This book offers an important window into the breadth and variety of Latino/a Pentecostal voices. This book is a must read for all persons (Pentecostal or not) who are interested in the life and mission of the church." - Rev. Eldin Villafane, Professor of Christian Social Ethics, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, USA, and author of Manda Fuego Senor: Introduccion al Pentecostalismo "This collection renews, broadens, and furthers the theological conversation about Latino Pentecostalism begun by Eldin Villafane and Samuel Solivan. The expanded interdisciplinary and hemispheric conversation moves from the critical to the creative and the descriptive to the prescriptive, and provides readers with a nuanced understanding of sui generis processes of theological development and of Pentecostals' contemporary and prospective liberative social engagement in las Americas." - Daniel Ramirez, University of Michigan, USA, and author, Migrating Faith: Pentecostalism in the United States and Mexico in the Twentieth Century

• Introduction: Nestor Medina and Sammy Alfaro PART I: SOUTH AMERICAN CONVERSATIONS 1. The power of the Spirit and the Indigenization of the Church: A Latin American Perspective; Juan Sepulveda 2. Christian Renewal and the Pentecostal-Charismatic Movement in Venezuela; Jody B. Fleming 3. Towards a Transformative Latin American Pentecostal-Charismatic Social Ethic: An Argentine Perspective; Ryan Gladwin PART II: CENTRAL AMERICAN CONVERSATIONS 4. Translating Pentecost into Social Engagement in El Salvador: Community Service as a New and Contested Ritual; Ronald Todd Bueno 5. !No mas violencia! Pentecostal Theological Reflections on Violence in Honduras; Daniel Alvarez 6. Revivalism as Revolutionary, Reaction or Remote?: Pentecostal Political Heterogeneity in Sandinista Nicaragua; Calvin Smith 7. Transnationalism and the Pentecostal Salvadoran Church: A Case Study of Mision Cristiana Elim; Robert A. Danielson PART III: NORTH AMERICAN AND THE CARIBBEAN CONVERSATIONS 8. Between Two Worlds: Multigenerational and Multilingual Hispanic Youth Ministry in the USA; Daniel A. Rodriguez 9. Catholic Mysticism, Charismatics and Renewal; Neomi DeAnda 10. The Social Impact of the 1916 Pentecostal Revival in Puerto Rico; Jenniffer Contreras Flores PART IV: CROSS-DISCIPLINARY CONVERSATIONS 11. Blessed are the Prosperous but Woe to the Weak: The Influence of Socio-Economic Status to Biblical hermeneutics; Esa Autero 12. Latin American Liberation and Renewal Theology: A Pneumatological Dialogue; Brandon Kertson 13. Liberating the Church: A Latino/a Pentecostal Response to the McDonaldization Process; Wilmer Estrada-Carrasquillo 14. Toward a Pentecostal Political Theology: Augustine and the Latin American Context; Eric Patterson Conclusion; Nestor Medina and Sammy Alfaro