The Fire Spreads: Holiness and Pentecostalism in the American SouthToday pentecostalism claims nearly 500 million followers worldwide. An early stronghold was the American South, where believers spoke in unknown tongues, worshipped in free-form churches, and broke down social barriers that had long divided traditional Protestants. Thriving denominations made their headquarters in the region and gathered white and black converts from the Texas plains to the Carolina low country. |
Contents
Angels from the North | 15 |
Holiness Strangers in a Southern Zion | 56 |
The Words of God Spread South | 99 |
Signs of the Second Coming | 136 |
The Emergence of Southern Pentecostalism | 186 |
The Eagle Soars | 230 |
NOTES | 285 |
ILLUSTRATION CREDITS | 373 |
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The Fire Spreads: Holiness and Pentecostalism in the American South Randall J. Stephens Limited preview - 2010 |