Main Street Mystics: The Toronto Blessing and Reviving Pentecostalism

Main Street Mystics: The Toronto Blessing and Reviving Pentecostalism

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Publisher's Synopsis

On January 20, 1994 the worshippers at the Toronto Airport Vineyard Church began to feel the Holy Spirit move them. They began to laugh uncontrollably, collapse to the floor, stagger as if drunk. But what was truly startling in this occurrence-now commonly known as the Toronto Blessing-is that these manifestations keep appearing at the Toronto church and have sparked a worldwide charismatic revival. Visitors from around the world have come and started revivals in their home churches upon return. In Main Street Mystics, Margaret Poloma explains what is happening with this contemporary charismatic revival without explaining it away. From her unique position as both a scholar and a pilgrim, Poloma offers an intimate account of the movement while always attempting to understand it through the lenses of social science. She looks at Pentecostalism as a form of mysticism, but a mysticism that engages Pentecostals and charismatics in the everyday world. With its broad overview and up-close portraits, Main Street Mystics is essential for anyone wanting to understand the ever renewing movement of Pentecostalism.

Book information

ISBN: 9780759103542
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Imprint: AltaMira Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 277.30829
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 224
Weight: 476g
Height: 228mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 22mm