Blood and fire : Godly love in a Pentecostal emerging church /
Margaret M. Poloma and Ralph W. Hood, Jr.
- New York : New York University Press, c2008.
- ix, 257 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-249) and index.
Godly love and post-modern Christianity : an introduction -- The man, the myth, and the vision -- An emerging church family and the family business -- Charisma and spiritual transformation -- Godly love as emotional energy -- The BnF family and the homeless poor -- Ideology and tradition in conflict -- Smoke, mirrors, and holy madness -- Epilogue: A social scientific assessment of Godly love.
Christianity--21st century. Emerging church movement. Postmodernism--Religious aspects--Christianity. Pentecostalism. Love--Religious aspects--Christianity. Church work with the poor. Church work with the homeless.