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EINAR MOLLAND, Christendom: The
Christian Churches, Their Doctrines, Constitutional Forms, and Ways of
Worship (1959, originally published in Swedish, 1953); JOHN DILLENBERGER
and CLAUDE WELCH, Protestant
Christianity Interpreted Through Its Development, 2nd ed. (1988); JOHN
S. WHALE, The Protestant Tradition (1955, reprinted 1962), a summary of the
creedal positions of Protestant bodies; WILHELM PAUCK, The Heritage of the Reformation, rev. and enl. ed. (1961, reissued
1968), essays on the theological and practical impact of Protestantism; B.A.
GERRISH, The Old Reformation and the
New: Essays on the Reformation Heritage (1982), a study connecting the
theology of the early years of Protestantism with recent developments;
ROBERT McAFEE BROWN, The Spirit of
Protestantism (1961, reissued 1974), a summary of the main themes of
Protestant life; MARTIN E. MARTY, Protestantism
(1972, reissued 1974), with extensive bibliographic essays; JAMES HASTINGS
NICHOLS, Primer for Protestants (1947,
reissued 1971), a brief survey of Protestant history and theology for the
layperson; JOHN B. COBB, JR., Varieties
of Protestantism (1960), a theological analysis of alternatives in
Protestantism, and Living Options in
Protestant Theology: A Survey of Methods (1962, reissued 1986); ROGER
MEHL, The Sociology of Protestantism (1970;
originally published in French, 1965), an excellent survey of Protestant
sociology; JAROSLAV PELIKAN, The
Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine, vol. 4, Reformation
of Church and Dogma (1300-1700) (1984), a magisterial approach; GEORGE
H. WILLIAMS, The Radical Reformation (1962), a comprehensive and authoritative
work in English on this subject; FRANKLIN HAMLIN LITTELL, The Origins of Sectarian Protestantism: A Study of the Anabaptist View
of the Church (1964, reprinted 1968), a historical analysis of the main
themes in the radical Reformation; LOUIS BOUYER, The Spirit and Forms of Protestantism (1955, reprinted 1968;
originally published in French, 1954); J. LESLIE DUNSTAN (ed.), Protestantism
(1961, reissued 1969), a study combining sources with narrative and
interpretation; PAUL TILLICH, The
Protestant Era, trans. from German (1948, reissued 1951), a collection
of essays, one of which discusses the "end of the Protestant era";
CHARLES W. KEGLEY, Protestantism in Transition (1965), a theologian's survey of
Protestant tendencies after the mid-20th century; ERNST TROELTSCH, Protestantism
and Progress: The Significance of Protestantism for the Rise of the Modern
World (1986; originally published in German, 2nd ed., 1911), a classic
interpretation of Protestant contributions to modernity; MAX WEBER, The
Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (1930, reissued 1985;
originally published in German, 1904), a much debated study of the link
between Protestantism and the rise of capitalism; JOHN A. HARDON, The Protestant Churches of America, rev. ed. (1969), a summary by a
Roman Catholic of Protestant doctrinal positions; FREDERICK E. MAYER, The
Religious Bodies of America, 4th ed. rev. by ARTHUR CARL PIEPKORN
(1961), denomination-by-denomination study of doctrinal positions in
American religious groups; ARTHUR CARL PIEPKORN, Profiles
in Belief: The Religious Bodies of the United States and Canada, vol. 2,
Protestant Denominations (1978),
vol. 3, Holiness and Pentecostal
(1979), and vol. 4, Evangelical,
Fundamentalist, and Other Christian Bodies (1979), an extensive review
of American Protestant bodies; WINTHROP S. HUDSON, American Protestantism (1961, reprinted 1972), a brief survey of
Protestant history in America; JERALD C. BRAUER, Protestantism in America: A Narrative History, rev. ed. (1965,
reprinted 1974), a presentation of the main themes of American Protestant
history; ANDREW L. DRUMMOND, Story of
American Protestantism (1949, reissued 1951), a British view of
Protestant history in the United States; and MARTIN E. MARTY, Righteous Empire: The Protestant Experience in America (1970,
reprinted 1977), written for the nation's bicentennial. Newsworthy
developments in the Protestant Church are chronicled in Christian
Century (weekly). | |
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KENNETH SCOTT LATOURETTE, A
History of Christianity, rev. ed., 2 vol. (1975), with useful
bibliographies; and ÉMILE G. LÉONARD, Histoire
générale du protestantisme, 3 vol. (1961-64)--vol. 1 has
also appeared in English with the title, A
History of Protestantism (1968). Additional references may be found in
OWEN CHADWICK, The History of the
Church: A Select Bibliography, 3rd ed. (1973). | |
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For Puritanism, see WILLIAM HALLER, The
Rise of Puritanism: or, The Way to the New Jerusalem as Set Forth in Pulpit
and Press from Thomas Cartwright to John Lilburne and John Milton, 1570-1643
(1938, reissued 1984); CHRISTOPHER HILL, Society
and Puritanism in Pre-Revolutionary England (1964, reissued 1986);
PATRICK COLLINSON, The Elizabethan
Puritan Movement (1967); SAMUEL ELIOT MORISON, The
Intellectual Life of Colonial New England, 2nd ed. (1956, reprinted
1980); and FRANCIS J. BREMER, The
Puritan Experiment: New England and Society from Bradford to Edwards
(1976). For Arminianism, see A.W. HARRISON, The
Beginnings of Arminianism to the Synod of Dort (1926); and CARL BANGS,
Arminius: A Study in the Dutch Reformation, 2nd ed. (1985). For Pietism,
see KOPPEL S. PINSON, Pietism as a Factor in the Rise of German Nationalism (1934,
reissued 1968); and F. ERNEST STOEFFLER, The
Rise of Evangelical Pietism (1965, reprinted 1971), and German
Pietism During the Eighteenth Century (1973). For Protestant missionary
expansion, see KENNETH SCOTT LATOURETTE, A
History of the Expansion of Christianity, vol. 3-7 (1940-45); and
STEPHEN NEILL, A History of Christian
Missions, 2nd ed. rev. by OWEN CHADWICK (1986). For the 19th and 20th
centuries, see KENNETH SCOTT LATOURETTE, Christianity in a Revolutionary Age, 5 vol. (1958-62, reissued
1973); STEPHEN NEILL (ed.), Twentieth
Century Christianity: A Survey of Modern Religious Trends by Leading
Churchmen, rev. ed. (1963); and DAVID B. BARRETT (ed.), World Christian Encyclopedia: A Comparative Study of Churches and
Religions in the Modern World, AD 1900-2000 (1982). | |
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For American Protestantism, see H. SHELTON SMITH, ROBERT T. HANDY, and
LEFFERTS A. LOETSCHER, American
Christianity: An Historical Interpretation with Representative Documents, 2
vol. (1960-63), a general guide; E.S. GAUSTAD, A Documentary History of Religion in America, 2 vol. (1982-83), a
comprehensive overview; WILLIAM WARREN SWEET, The Story of Religion in America, 2nd rev. ed. (1950); WINTHROP S.
HUDSON, American Protestantism (1961,
reprinted 1972); and R.T. HANDY, A
Christian America: Protestant Hopes and Historical Realities, 2nd ed.
rev. and enl. (1984), on cultural intentions. For the social Gospel, see
C.H. HOPKINS, The Rise of the Social
Gospel in American Protestantism, 1865-1915 (1940, reprinted 1982). For
churches under the Nazis, see J.S. CONWAY, The
Nazi Persecution of the Churches, 1933-45 (1968); and ARTHUR C.
COCHRANE, The Church's Confession
Under Hitler, 2nd ed. (1976), which accents resistance documents. For
the ecumenical movement, see RUTH ROUSE and STEPHEN NEILL (eds.), A History of the Ecumenical Movement, 1517-1948, 3rd ed. (1986); and
HAROLD E. FEY (ed.), A History of the
Ecumenical Movement, 1948-1968: The Ecumenical Advance, 2nd ed. (1986).
Research findings related to primarily American Protestant church history
are published in Church History
(quarterly). | |
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CONRAD BERGENDOFF, The Church of
the Lutheran Reformation (1967), a survey of Lutheranism, but especially
useful for information on Lutheranism in the Scandinavian countries, in a
very readable narrative with bibliography; and JAROSLAV PELIKAN, From
Luther to Kierkegaard: A Study in the History of Theology (1950,
reprinted 1963), a brief history of developments in Lutheran theology to the
mid-19th century. JULIUS BODENSIECK (ed.), The
Encyclopedia of the Lutheran Church, 3 vol. (1965), is the standard
English reference work on Lutheranism, although articles vary from the
scholarly to the propagandistic. | |
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On Lutheranism in the United States, see SYDNEY E. AHLSTROM,
"Theology in America: A Historical Survey," in JAMES WARD SMITH
and A. LELAND JAMISON, Religion in
American Life, vol. 1, The Shaping
of American Religion (1961), pp. 232-321, a survey that sets Lutheran
theology in the context of other developments; and ABDEL R. WENTZ, A Basic History of Lutheranism in America, rev. ed. (1964), a
standard work on the major developments. E. CLIFFORD NELSON, The
Rise of World Lutheranism: An American Perspective (1982), is a
discussion of the cooperation among 20th-century Lutheran churches. E.
CLIFFORD NELSON (ed.), Lutherans in North America, rev. ed. (1980), is a study on the
various periods of American history. | |
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Works on Lutheran teachings include THEODORE G. TAPPERT (ed. and
trans.), The Book of Concord: The
Confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church (1959, reprinted 1987),
official translation; EDMUND SCHLINK, Theology
of the Lutheran Confessions (1961, reissued 1975; originally published
in German, 1940), a dialectical approach to Lutheran theology; WILHELM
MAURER, Historical Commentary on the
Augsburg Confession (1986; originally published in German, 2 vol.,
1976-78), a thorough work on the basic Lutheran document; PAUL TILLICH, Systematic
Theology, 3 vol. (1951-63, reprinted 1973), a systematics by the most
original Lutheran theologian of the 20th century; and KARL FERDINAND MÜLLER
and WALTER BLANKENBURG, Leiturgia:
Handbuch des evangelischen Gottesdienstes, 5 vol. (1954-70), a
historical and theological examination of the Lutheran service. | |
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WILLIAM J. BOUWSMA, John Calvin: A
Sixteenth-Century Portrait (1988), which places Calvin in his
contemporary context; JOHN T. McNEILL, The
History and Character of Calvinism (1954, reissued 1973), a
comprehensive treatment of the rise and development of Presbyterian and
Reformed churches, with an excellent bibliography; JAMES HASTINGS NICHOLS, Corporate Worship in the Reformed Tradition (1968), an overview of
the variety of forms developed in the Reformed tradition of the public
worship of God; HEINRICH HEPPE, Reformed
Dogmatics Set Out and Illustrated from the Sources, rev. and ed. by
ERNST BIZER (1950, reprinted 1978; originally published in German, 1861), a
work enabling the reader to get beyond Calvin's Institutes
to some acquaintance with other Reformed theologians of the 16th and
17th centuries; ROBERT McAFEE BROWN, Theology
in a New Key: Responding to Liberation Themes (1978), and Unexpected
News: Reading the Bible with Third World Eyes (1981), interpretations of
Third World theology; JOHN H. LEITH, An
Introduction to Reformed Tradition: A Way of Being the Christian Community,
rev. ed. (1981); ARTHUR C. COCHRANE (ed.), Reformed
Confessions of the 16th Century (1966), 12 classic confessions of the
16th century, with historical introductions; and THOMAS F. TORRANCE (ed. and
trans.), The School of Faith: The
Catechisms of the Reformed Church (1959), 10 catechisms of the 16th and
17th centuries. Useful periodicals include Reformed
World (quarterly), published by the World Alliance of Reformed Churches
(Presbyterian and Congregational), which reports on the life and work of
Reformed and Presbyterian churches throughout the world; and American
Presbyterians: Journal of Presbyterian History (quarterly), on all
aspects of American Presbyterian history. | |
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STEPHEN C. NEILL, Anglicanism,
rev. ed. (1977), the most comprehensive treatment of Anglican history; JOHN
R.H. MOORMAN, A History of the Church
in England, 3rd ed. (1973, reissued 1980), the basic facts about
Anglicanism's mother church; MARION J. HATCHETT, Commentary
on the American Prayer Book (1981), a detailed examination of Anglican
worship and its rationale; JAMES T. ADDISON, The Episcopal Church in the United States, 1789-1931 (1951, reissued
1969), the most thorough treatment of American Anglicanism; and PAUL A.
WELSBY, A History of the Church of
England, 1945-1980 (1984, reissued 1986), which explains recent changes
in the Church of England. See also RAYMOND W. ALBRIGHT, A History of the Protestant Episcopal Church (1964), the standard
story of American Episcopalianism. | |
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ROBERT G. TORBET, A History of the
Baptists, 3rd ed. (1963, reprinted 1973), the most complete account of
the Baptists; H. LEON McBETH, The
Baptist Heritage (1987), a comprehensive history of four centuries of
Baptist witness; ALFRED C. UNDERWOOD, A
History of the English Baptists (1947), which gives major attention to
Baptist beginnings; JAMES E. WOOD, JR., Baptists
and the American Experience (1976), a collection of essays; WINTHROP S.
HUDSON, Baptists in Transition:
Individualism and Christian Responsibility (1979); and ALBERT W. WARDIN,
JR., Baptist Atlas (1980),
international in scope. See also JAMES MELVIN WASHINGTON, Frustrated Fellowship: The Black Baptist Quest for Social Power
(1986); and WILLIAM H. BRACKNEY (ed.), Baptist
Life and Thought, 1600-1980: A Source Book (1983). NORMAN H. MARING and
WINTHROP S. HUDSON, A Baptist Manual
of Polity and Practice (1963), gives details of ecclesiastical
organization. Baptist History and
Heritage (quarterly) deals primarily with Southern Baptists. | |
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WILLISTON WALKER, The Creeds and
Platforms of Congregationalism (1893, reprinted 1960); GEOFFREY F.
NUTTALL, Visible Saints: The
Congregational Way, 1640-1660 (1957); RAYMOND P. STEARNS, Congregationalism
in the Dutch Netherlands: The Rise and Fall of the English Congregational
Classis, 1621-1635 (1940); GAIUS GLENN ATKINS and FREDERICK L. FAGLEY, History
of American Congregationalism (1942); WILLIAM WARREN SWEET, Religion
in Colonial America (1942, reissued 1965); DOUGLAS HORTON, Congregationalism:
A Study in Church Polity (1952), and The
United Church of Christ: Its Origins, Organization, and Role in the World
Today (1962); LOUIS H. GUNNEMANN, The
Shaping of the United Church of Christ: An Essay in the History of American
Christianity (1977), which looks at the merger of Congregationalism with
the Evangelical and Reformed Church; R. TUDUR JONES, Congregationalism
in England, 1662-1962 (1962); and BROR WALAN, Församlingstanken i Svenska missionsförbundet: en studie i de
nyevangeliska rörelsens sprängning och Svenska missionsförbundets
utveckling (1964), a study of the Covenant Church of Sweden, with an
English summary. Modern interpretative essays include DANIEL T. JENKINS, Congregationalism: A Restatement (1954); ERIK ROUTLEY, English
Religious Dissent (1960); and NORMAN GOODALL (ed.), Der
Kongregationalismus (1973). | |
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Good introductions to Quakerism may be found in FRIENDS WORLD COMMITTEE
FOR CONSULTATION, Handbook of the
Religious Society of Friends, 5th ed. (1967); and in the interpretation
by D. ELTON TRUEBLOOD, The People
Called Quakers (1966, reissued 1971). The standard histories are WILLIAM
CHARLES BRAITHWAITE, The Beginnings of
Quakerism, 2nd ed. rev. by HENRY J. CADBURY (1955, reissued 1970), and a
companion volume, The Second Period of
Quakerism, 2nd ed. rev. by HENRY J. CADBURY (1961, reissued 1979); and
RUFUS M. JONES, The Quakers in the
American Colonies (1911, reissued 1966), and The
Later Periods of Quakerism, 2 vol. (1921, reprinted 1970). More
specialized works include ELIZABETH ISICHEI, Victorian
Quakers (1970); RICHARD T. VANN, The
Social Development of English Quakerism, 1655-1755 (1969); JACK D.
MARIETTA, The Reformation of American
Quakerism, 1748-1783 (1984); BARRY REAY, The
Quakers and the English Revolution (1985); and MARY MAPLES DUNN and
RICHARD S. DUNN (eds.), The Papers of
William Penn (1981- ), with 4 vol. published by 1987. The masterpiece of
Quaker theology is ROBERT BARCLAY, Apology
for the True Christian Divinity (1678, reissued 1967; originally
published in Latin, 1676). WILLIAM CHARLES BRAITHWAITE, Spiritual
Guidance in the Experience of the Society of Friends (1909, reissued
1941), best explains how Friends' polity should work. See also GLADYS
WILSON, Quaker Worship: An
Introductory Historical Study of the English Friends' Meeting (1952);
and CLARENCE E. PICKETT, For More Than
Bread: An Autobiographical Account of Twenty-Two Years Work with the
American Friends Service Committee (1953). Quaker social thought on
contemporary issues may be found in STELLA ALEXANDER (comp.), Quaker
Testimony Against Slavery and Racial Discrimination: An Anthology (1958);
and Towards a Quaker View of Sex: An Essay, rev. ed.
(1964, reprinted 1976), published by the Friends Home Service Committee. | |
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GORDON RUPP, Religion in England,
1688-1791 (1986), on the background and rise of Methodism; RUPERT
DAVIES, GORDON RUPP, and A. RAYMOND GEORGE (eds.), A
History of the Methodist Church in Great Britain, 4 vol. (1966-88),
authoritative for history, doctrine, and missions; EMORY STEVENS BUCKE
(ed.), The History of American
Methodism, 3 vol. (1964), comprehensive and authoritative; RUPERT
DAVIES, Methodism, 2nd rev. ed.
(1985), a general survey, chiefly from the British point of view; UMPHREY
LEE and WILLIAM WARREN SWEET, A Short
History of Methodism (1956), concerned mainly with American Methodism;
V.H.H. GREEN, The Young Mr. Wesley (1961,
reissued 1963), a critical study of Wesley's Oxford days; MARTIN SCHMIDT, John
Wesley: A Theological Biography, 2 vol. in 3 (1962-73; originally
published in German, 2 vol., 1953-66); RICHARD P. HEITZENRATER, The
Elusive Mr. Wesley, 2 vol. (1984), with material by Wesley and by his
contemporaries and biographers; A.C. OUTLER (ed.), The
Works of John Wesley, vol. 1-4 (1984-87), a collection of his sermons;
COLIN W. WILLIAMS, John Wesley's
Theology Today (1960, reissued 1969), a systematic exposition; RUPERT
DAVIES, What Methodists Believe, 2nd ed. (1988), Methodist beliefs in their
ecumenical setting; GERALD F. MOEDE, The
Office of Bishop in Methodism (1965), a history of constitutional
developments in American Methodism; WADE C. BARCLAY, History of Methodist Missions, 4 vol. (1949-73), about American
overseas missions; JOHN KENT, The Age
of Disunity (1966), on division and reunion in British Methodism;
BERNARD SEMMEL, The Methodist
Revolution (1973), the social, economic, and political effect of
Methodism on Britain; JOHN M. MOORE, The
Long Road to Methodist Union (1943), on the reunion of American
Methodism; and JOHN MUNSEY TURNER, Conflict
and Reconciliation: Studies in Methodism and Ecumenism in England, 1740-1982
(1985). See also METHODIST CHURCH (GREAT BRITAIN), The
Methodist Service Book (1975), and Hymns
and Psalms (1983), worship in British Methodism. Aspects of the church's
history are discussed in Methodist
History (quarterly). | |
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LEROY GARRETT, The Stone-Campbell
Movement: An Anecdotal History of Three Churches (1981), which gives
major attention to the 19th century; JAMES DeFOREST MURCH, Christians Only: A History of the Restoration Movement (1962),
reflecting an independent viewpoint; and WILLIAM E. TUCKER and LESTER G.
McALLISTER, Journey in Faith: A
History of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) (1975), centring
on the cooperative stream. Biographical studies include WILLIAM GARRETT
WEST, Barton Warren Stone: Early
American Advocate of Christian Unity (1954); and LESTER G. McALLISTER, Thomas Campbell: Man of the Book (1954). Beliefs, worship, and
organization are treated in ALEXANDER CAMPBELL, The Christian System, in Reference to the Union of Christians and a
Restoration of Primitive Christianity as Plead in the Current Reformation,
2nd ed. (1839, reprinted 1980), the classic summary of Campbell's theology;
ROYAL HUMBERT (ed.), A Compend of
Alexander Campbell's Theology (1961), with critical and historical
commentary; KEITH WATKINS, The
Breaking of Bread: An Approach to Worship for the Christian Churches
(Disciples of Christ) (1966), a comprehensive, historical, and
theological analysis; DAVID EDWIN HARRELL, JR., A
Social History of the Disciples of Christ, 2 vol. (1966-73); and KENNETH
LAWRENCE (ed.), Classic Themes of
Disciples Theology: Rethinking the Traditional Affirmations of the Christian
Church (Disciples of Christ) (1986). See also Mid-Stream:
An Ecumenical Journal (quarterly). | |
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EARL MORSE WILBUR, A History of
Unitarianism, 2 vol. (1945), which remains basic for understanding
Unitarianism; C. GORDON BOLAM et al.,
The English Presbyterians, from Elizabethan Puritanism to Modern
Unitarianism (1968); CONRAD WRIGHT, The
Beginnings of Unitarianism in America (1955, reissued 1976), which
portrays the 18th century; and CONRAD WRIGHT (ed.), A
Stream of Light: A Sesquicentennial History of American Unitarianism
(1975). RICHARD EDDY, Universalism in
America, 3rd ed., 2 vol. (1891-94), still useful, has been followed by
RUSSELL E. MILLER, The Larger Hope, vol.
1, The First Century of the
Universalist Church in America, 1770-1870 (1979), and vol. 2, The Second Century of the Universalist Church in America, 1870-1970
(1985). ERNEST CASSARA (ed.), Universalism
in America: A Documentary History, 2nd ed. (1984); and GEORGE HUNTSTON
WILLIAMS, American Universalism: A
Bicentennial Historical Essay, 2nd ed. (1976), are important supplements
to Miller. DAVID ROBINSON, The
Unitarians and the Universalists (1985), is a study of the merged
denominations. | |
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LEONARD I. SWEET, The
Evangelical Tradition in America (1984), which includes an extensive
superior bibliography on all phases of the movements in the United States;
WILLIAM G. McLOUGHLIN (ed.), The
American Evangelicals, 1800-1900 (1968, reissued 1976), an anthology
with a helpful introduction; GEORGE M. MARSDEN, Fundamentalism
and American Culture: The Shaping of Twentieth Century Evangelicalism,
1870-1925 (1980, reprinted 1982), the most important work on the
subject; DEAN M. KELLEY, Why
Conservative Churches Are Growing: A Study in Sociology of Religion, new
ed. (1977, reprinted 1986), a landmark work signaling a power shift in the
United States; CHARLES EDWIN JONES, A
Guide to the Study of the Holiness Movement (1974), and A
Guide to the Study of the Pentecostal Movement (1983), which provide
access to important materials; and ROBERT MAPES ANDERSON, Vision
of the Disinherited: The Making of American Pentecostalism (1979),
dealing with the early years of the movement.
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