BOOK NOTES

 

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If you are interested in the revolution that is going on in the church at large, with all that implies — the underground, para-institutional groups, the free church, social gospel, radical theology, Jesus’ people — then we suggest The Christian Revolutionary by Dale Brown of the Church of the Brethren. This book is out there on the growing edge, and it tells the reader a lot about what is going on in theological thought and social action. Only 2.45 in paperback.

The Holiness-Pentecostal Movement gives one the background to the 20-odd pentecostal sects that arose this century. While it is interestingly enough of American origin, pentecostalism has its intellectual roots in Britain, traceable to John Wesley and Methodism. The author, Harold Synan, is a Pentecostal. He explains the divisions that arose over the evidences of the Spirit, and he points out that the “Jesus Only” faction is the only serious departure from traditional theology in Pentecostalism, being unitarian in nature. He also shows how other churches became interested in the Pentecostals is especially interesting in that it shows that interracial worship was enjoyed between poor whites and poor blacks, the very ones that have always had the most racial tension. 5.95 in hardback.