David du Plessis and the Assemblies of God: The Struggle for the Soul of a Movement (Global Pentecostal and Charismatic Studies, 13)

David du Plessis and the Assemblies of God
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Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction: Uncovering Pentecost
I:
A Practical Pentecost
	Primitivism, Pragmatism, and Pentecostalism
	Problematic Pentecostal Beginnings
	Early Controversies
II The Path of Pentecost
	Du Plessis’s Formative Years
	Worldwide Pentecostal Dialogue
	Du Plessis Meets the Ecumenical Movement
	1959: A Year of Hope and Promise
III Irreconcilable Pentecosts
	The Challenges of Pentecostal Growth
	The Assemblies of God Dismisses du Plessis
	Du Plessis in the Aftermath
IV Not Babel, But Pentecost
	Ecumenism and the Roots of the Charismatic Movement
	The Charismatic Movement in Mainline Protestantism
	Charismatic Renewal in the Roman Catholic Church
V Pentecost Set Free?
	The Ecumenism of the Charismatic Movement
	The Assemblies of God and the Charismatics
	Interpreting the Assemblies of God’s Changing Perspective
	The Continuing Mission of David J. du Plessis
Conclusion: The Lessons of Pentecost
Appendix: A Partial Timeline of the Life and Travels of David J. du Plessis, with Emphasis on the Peak Years of his Ecumenical and Charismatic Activity
Bibliography
Index