Age of the spirit : charismatic renewal, the anglo-world, and global christianity, 1945-1980 / John G. Maiden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maiden, John G., author.

Series:

Oxford Academic.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pentecost.

Christianity.

Religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2023]

Summary:

This expansive study offers an interpretation of the 'new Pentecost': the rise of charismatic Christianity, before, during, and after the 'long 1960s'. It examines the translocal actors, networks, and media which constructed a 'Spiritscape' of charismatic renewal in the Anglo-world contexts of Australia, British Isles, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United States. It places this arena also in a wider and dynamic setting, exploring how charismatic imaginations of an 'age of the Spirit' were shaped by interpenetrations with the 'Third World', the Soviet bloc, and beyond in the global Sixties and Seventies. The book explains charismatic developments within Protestantism and Catholicism, mainline and non-denominational churches, and within existing pentecostalisms, and places these in relation to lively scholarly themes such as secularisation, authenticity, and cosmopolitanism. It offers unrivalled analysis of charismatic music, books, television, conferences, personalities, community living, and controversies in the 1960s and 1970s. It looks forward, also, to the many global legacies of charismatic renewal, for example in relation to the politics of sexuality in the Anglican Communion and support for President Donald J. Trump. The essential question at the heart of this book is relevant for scholars and practitioners of Christianity alike: how did charismatic renewal transform the churches in the twentieth century, moving from the periphery to the mainstream?

Contents:

List of Illustrations

List of Abbreviations

1. Introduction

2. Potential

3. Pentecost

4. Mediation

5. Body

6. Imagination

7. World

8. Legacy

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on Publisher website; title from home page (viewed on October 03, 2022).

Other Format:

Print version: Maiden, John Age of the Spirit

ISBN:

9780192586698

9780191882173

Publisher Number:

10.1093/oso/9780198847496.001.0001 DOI