An Eyewitness Remembers the Century of the Holy Spirit

by Synan, Vinson

• ISBN13: 9780800794859
• ISBN10: 0800794850
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-04-01
• Publisher: Chosen Books Pub Co

Summary

Premier Pentecostal historian Vinson Synan-widely respected across denominational lines for his scholarship and balance-holds a unique position: personal involvement in many of the extraordinary events of the last hundred years that gave birth to the charismatic and Pentecostal movements.

Author Biography

Vinson Synan, dean emeritus and distinguished professor of church history at Regent University, received his PhD in American history from the University of Georgia. He founded and pastored four churches and has held various denominational offices. In 1970, Synan co-founded the Society for Pentecostal Studies, which has given institutional shape to Pentecostal research. He has published numerous scholarly and popular articles and essays and many books. He and his wife, Carol, live in Chesapeake, Virginia.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 9
Introduction	p. 15
A Child of Azusa Street	p. 19
The Latter Rain and Healing Revivals	p. 31
Protestant Neo-Pencecostals	p. 53
Catholic Charismatics	p. 63
Charismatic Concerns and Controversies	p. 77
New Orleans	p. 95
The Prosperity Gospel	p. 113
The Third Wave	p. 127
Racial Reconciliation	p. 141
Toronto, Brownsville and Lakeland Revivals	p. 155
The New Apostolic Reformation Movement	p. 171
Things I Never Expected to See in My Lifetime	p. 187
Notes	p. 207
Bibliography	p. 212
Index	p. 218
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