Although part of a worldwide Christian spirituality, Pentecostals and Charismatics in the UK are rooted in British religiosity dating back to at least the 1920s. However, the emergence of migrant communities from the Caribbean and Africa since the 1950s has tended to attract popular attention and consequentially has come to represent the popular public face of Pentecostals and Charismatics in Britain. Latterly, however, an intellectual base has begun resisting the anti-intellectual reputation that has attached itself to Pentecostalism.

This collection of essays draws upon the scholarship of eminent academics and practitioners in the field of Pentecostal and Charismatic studies, who together consider the history of pentecostal and charismatic movements, their relationship with mainline Christian churches and their engagement with the social, economic and political world.

With a foreword by Justin Welby. 

Contents:

Foreword by Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury 

Contributors 

Introduction by Joe Aldred

Part One Pentecostal and Charismatic History

1. Heritage and Hope: A Story of British Pentecostalism 

Andrew Davies

2. African and Caribbean Pentecostalism in Britain 

Babatunde Aderemi Adedibu

3. The Rise of the Charismatic Movement in the UK 

Roger Forster

Part Two Pentecostal and Charismatic Diversity

4. Marks of British Pentecostal and Charismatic Churches 

William K. Kay

5. Pentecostal Diversity in England and the Wider UK 

Daniel Akhazemea

6. Women in Ministry and British Pentecostalism 

Dionne Lamont

Part Three Pentecostal and Charismatic and Mainstream Christianity

7. Ecumenism and Pentecostals in Britain 

Anne Dyer

8. Anglicans, Pentecostals and Ecumenism: Bilateral Dynamics and Broader Resonances 

David Hilborn

9. The European Protestant Reformation and Global Pentecostalism 

Allan H. Anderson

10. Post Pentecostal and Charismatic Expressions 

Emmanuel Kapofu

Part Four Pentecostal and Charismatic and Socio-Political Issues

11. Theological Education and Training Among British Pentecostals and Charismatics 

R. David Muir

12. Pentecostalism and Prosperity Theology: A Call for Reappraisal of Acceptance and Rejection 

Mark Sturge

13. Pentecostalism and Political Engagement 

R. David Muir