Poloma, Margaret M.

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.

9780814767481 (cl : alk. paper) 0814767486 (cl : alk. paper)

2008018676

GBA8C1954 bnb

014783551 Uk


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.

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