Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction: American Pentecostalism: Challenges and Temptations Chapter 2 Baptized in the Spirit: A Reflection on the Future of Pentecostal Theology Chapter 3 Postmodern Pentecostals: Emerging Subcultures Among Young Pentecostal Leaders Chapter 4 Music in the Pentecostal Movement Chapter 5 Latinos and North American Pentecostalism Chapter 6 The Future of Pentecostal Higher Education: the Ring, the Shire, or the Redemption of Middle Earth Chapter 7 The Symbolic Dilemma and the Future of Pentecostalism: Mysticism, Ritual, and Revival Chapter 8 The Future of Oneness Pentecostalism Chapter 9 "The Almost Pentecostal:" The Future of the Church of God in the United States Chapter 10 Heritage and Horizons: The Derivation and Destiny of Open Bible Churches Chapter 11 Race and Religion: The Future of Black American Pentecostalism Chapter 12 Conclusion: Back to the Future? US Pentecostalism in the 21st Century

About the Author

Eric Patterson is assistant professor of political science at Vanguard University of Southern California. Edmund Rybarczyk is assistant professor of systematic theology at Vanguard University of Southern California.

Reviews

This book deserves the time and attention of both insiders and outsiders because of the demonstrated intellectual honesty of the contributors. It offers fresh proposals and gathers in one volume some ideas that were previously shared in miscellaneous documents. The focus on the future makes this work unique, and scholars, ministers, and lay leaders will benefit from reading it.
*H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online*

Regardless of where one standes on these issues, this volume by Patterson and Rybarczyk has given American Pentecostals some important glimpses into the future.
*Pneuma 30*

Enlightening. This book raises important questions, some of them uncomfortable. As pointed out in the foreword, answers are not always given to the questions raised. The matter, though, is too important not to be reflected upon.
*Journal Of The European Pentecostal Theological Association, Fall 2009*

In The Future of Pentecostalism in the United States, Eric Patterson and Edmund Rybarczyk have gathered a stellar cast of scholars to ponder the future of the movement in the nation of its birth. This history in reverse gives Pentecostals a discerning, critical, and prophetic view of the movement as it enters its second century. This valuable book should be required reading for American Pentecostals and Charismatics as well as for Christians of all traditions who wish to understand this vast and complex movement.
*Vinson Synan, Regent University*