Charismatic and Pentecostal Christianity
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Exporting the American Gospel: Global Christian Fundamentalism by Steve BrouwerBuy new: $39.95 / Used from: $15.00
Looks at "American hegemony" aspects of the movement; argues with David Martin
God is Dead: Secularization in the West (Religion and Spirituality in the Modern World) by Steve BruceBuy new: $37.40 / Used from: $27.00
Argues that Charismatic movement has had little impact; internal secularisation
New International Dictionary of Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements, The by Ed van der MaasBuy new: $31.49 / Used from: $30.49
Essential reference work
The Globalisation of Charismatic Christianity (Cambridge Studies in Ideology and Religion) by Simon ColemanBuy new: $99.00 / Used from: $39.00
Theoretically sophisticated look at Charismatics in Sweden
The Hallelujah Revolution by CottonBuy used from: $4.32
Looks at cultural and psychological aspects: impressive journalistic work
The Sacred Self: A Cultural Phenomenology of Charismatic Healing by Thomas J. CsordasBuy new: $22.95 / Used from: $9.45
An academic look at Charismatic healing
Fire from Heaven: The Rise of Pentecostal Spirituality and the Reshaping of Religion in the 21st Century by Harvey CoxBuy new: $12.89 / Used from: $3.80
Standard academic introduction
American Exorcism: Expelling Demons in the Land of Plenty by Michael W. CuneoBuy used from: $7.19
Relates exorcism and deliverance to pop culture
Biographical Dictionary of African-American, Holiness-Pentecostals: 1880-1990 by Sherry S. DupreeEssential reference work
Christianity and Politics in Doe's Liberia (Cambridge Studies in Ideology and Religion) by Paul GiffordBuy new: $53.00 / Used from: $55.80
Has section on American "Faith Gospel" preachers popular in Africa
African Christianity by Paul GiffordBuy new: $22.95 / Used from: $9.50
Features analysis of the movement in Africa
Streams of renewal: The origins and early development of the charismatic movement in Great Britain by Peter HockenBuy used from: $13.33
Insider's popular history of the movement in the UK
The Pentecostals by Walter J HollenwegerBuy used from: $28.00
The ur-text. Hollenweger has written many more books, but the field started here
Charismania: When Christian Fundamentalism Goes Wrong by Roland HowardBuy used from: $4.00
Journalistic polemic, describing the excesses
Pentecostals in Britain by William KayBuy used from: $45.70
Detailed history by an insider, but very rigorous. Sophisticated quantative and qualitative elements
Pentecostalism: The World Their Parish (Religion and Spirituality in the Modern World) by David MartinBuy new: $34.20 / Used from: $26.68
Summation of David Martin's work on the subject
Tongues of Fire: The Explosion of Protestantism in Latin America by David MartinBuy used from: $22.24
David Martin's classic text
Reinventing American Protestantism: Christianity in the New Millennium by Donald E. MillerBuy new: $19.64 / Used from: $6.00
Sympathetic study of John Wimber and other "boomer" figures
Ungodly Fear by Stephen ParsonsBuy used from: $22.27
Polemical, but full of details about deliverance, shepherding
Words, Wonder & Power: Understanding Contemporary Christian Fundamentalism and Revivalism by Martyn PercyBuy used from: $77.11
Theoretical but polemical account of John Wimber and Charismatic authoritarianism
Charismatic Christianity As a Global Culture (Studies in Comparative Religion)Buy new: $34.95 / Used from: $29.95
An overview
The Faith Healers by James RandiBuy new: $16.50 / Used from: $7.00
Uncovers the tricks of several "healing evangelists". V. polemical
Charismatic Renewal by Thomas A. SmailBuy used from: $80.51
Christian scholars consider the movement sympathetically but critically
Gender, Social Change and Spiritual Power: Charismatic Christianity in Ghana (Studies of Religion in Africa) (Studies of Religion in Africa) by Jane E. SoothillBuy new: $99.00 / Used from: $194.56
Fascinating analysis of women leaders in African mega-churches. Groundbreaking.
