Title: Latino Pentecostals in America: Faith and Politics in Action, by GASTON ESPINOSA
Abstract:Mounting research indicates that Latino Pentecostals lead the expansion of Latino Protestantism in the United States. Only a handful of studies move beyond cursory analyses of Latino Pentecostals’ his...Mounting research indicates that Latino Pentecostals lead the expansion of Latino Protestantism in the United States. Only a handful of studies move beyond cursory analyses of Latino Pentecostals’ history and influence. Gaston Espinosa’s work amply responds to these trends, arguing that Latino Pentecostals have overcome ethnic and religious inequalities to achieve institutional legitimacy and far-reaching social influence. Focusing primarily on the Assemblies of God (AG), the denomination second only to the Catholic church in Latino membership, Espinosa chronicles the early twentieth century emergence and coming of age of a nearly self-sufficient Latino AG movement. The US-Mexico borderlands, Puerto Rico, and subsequent diasporic destinations provide the historical backdrop for the mostly Mexican and Puerto Rican origin Pentecostals populating the volume. Espinosa privileges the accounts of Latinos and links Latino Pentecostalism’s religious lineage to African American preacher William Seymour, the figurehead of the Azusa St. Revival. Testimonials of the miraculous are regularly featured as explanans of the movement’s expansion in keeping with Espinosa’s stated ethnophenomenological approach. Based on distinct methodological approaches and thematic emphases, the book divides into three sections: Latino Pentecostal pioneers (chapters 1–9), women in the Latino AG (chapter 10), and Latino Pentecostal social and political impact (chapters 11–12).Read More
Publication Year: 2018
Publication Date: 2018-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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