{"product_id":"black-fire-one-hundred-years-of-african-american-pentecostalism-9780830825868","title":"Black Fire: One Hundred Years of African American Pentecostalism","description":"\u003cp\u003eEstrelda Alexander was raised in an urban, black, working-class, oneness Pentecostal congregation in the 1950s and 1960s, but she knew little of her heritage and thought that all Christians worshiped and believed as she did. Much later she discovered that many Christians not only knew little of her heritage but considered it strange. Even today, most North Americans remain ignorant of black Pentecostalism.\u003ci\u003eBlack Fire\u003c\/i\u003e remedies lack of historical consciousness by recounting the story of African American Pentecostal origins and development. In this fascinating description she covers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ewhat Pentecostalism retained from African spirituality\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe legacy of the nineteenth-century black Holiness movement\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWilliam J. Seymour and the Azusa Street Revival\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAfrican American trinitarian and oneness Pentecostal denominations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe role of women in African American Pentecostalism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAfrican American neo-Pentecostals and charismatic movements\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eblack Pentecostals in majority-white denominations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003etheological challenges of black Pentecostalism in the twenty-first century\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether you come from an African American Pentecostal background or you just want to learn more, this book will unfold all the dimensions of this important movement's history and contribution to the life of the church.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEstrelda Y. Alexander (Ph.D., The Catholic University of America) is a visiting professor of theology in the School of Divinity at Regent University in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and executive director of the William Seymour Educational Foundation.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"IVP Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50329980666130,"sku":"9780830825868","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_74245bcb-56a4-49a3-8a02-0d32d6e1f8dc.jpg?v=1727788139","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/black-fire-one-hundred-years-of-african-american-pentecostalism-9780830825868","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}