Awards
- Winner of Finalist, 2024 Christianity Today Book Awards, History/Biography category.
Overview
This expansive study offers an interpretation of the 'new Pentecost': the rise of charismatic Christianity, before, during, and after the 'long 1960s'. It examines the translocal actors, networks, and media which constructed a 'Spiritscape' of charismatic renewal in the Anglo-world contexts of Australia, the British Isles, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United States. It places this arena also in a wider and dynamic worldwide setting, exploring the ways in which charismatic imaginations of an 'age of the Spirit' were shaped by interpenetrations with the 'Third World', the Soviet Bloc, and beyond in the global Sixties and Seventies. Age of the Spirit explains charismatic developments within Protestantism and Catholicism, mainline and non-denominational churches, and within existing pentecostalisms, and places these in relation to lively scholarly themes such as secularisation, authenticity, and cosmopolitanism. It offers an unrivalled analysis of charismatic music, books, television, conferences, personalities, community living, and controversies in the 1960s and 1970s. It looks forward to the many global legacies of charismatic renewal, for example in relation to the politics of sexuality in the Anglican Communion, or to support for President Donald J. Trump. The essential question at the heart of this book is relevant for scholars and practitioners of Christianity alike: how did charismatic renewal transform the churches in the twentieth century, moving from the periphery to the mainstream?
Full Product Details
Author: John Maiden (Head of Department and Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies, Head of Department and Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies, The Open University)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 16.00cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 24.20cm
Weight: 0.612kg
ISBN: 9780198847496
ISBN 10: 0198847491
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 10 January 2023
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
John Maiden's Age of the Spirit is by far the best study of Anglophone charismatic renewal in global context. Not only is this beautifully written book abundant with meticulous new research from diverse archival sources, it is also theoretically sophisticated, offering new interpretive paradigms for understanding the global impact of this crucial movement. Maiden's book is instantly essential reading for anyone seeking to understand contemporary manifestations of charismatic-style Christianity, from Hillsong to Pope Francis and all points between. * Rev Dr Caleb Maskell, Associate National Director, Vineyard USA *
John Maiden's magisterial Age of the Spirit is essential reading for those seeking to understand the connections between the Catholic charismatic renewal and the evolving Christian landscape in the years after the Second Vatican Council. Every page yields surprising details, unappreciated personal connections and rich theological debates across seemingly distinctive forms of denominational identity and ecclesial expression [...] It powerfully intervenes, with closely sketched case studies, into longstanding debates about secularisation and post-Sixties ecclesiological experimentation while also offering new framings of contemporary expressive spirituality and practical ecumenical exchanges. It will become a staple on all modern religious history reading lists. * Dr Alana Harris, Director of Liberal Arts and Reader in Modern British Social, Cultural and Gender History, King's College London * John Maiden's Age of the Spirit is by far the best study of Anglophone charismatic renewal in global context. Not only is this beautifully written book abundant with meticulous new research from diverse archival sources, it is also theoretically sophisticated, offering new interpretive paradigms for understanding the global impact of this crucial movement. Maiden's book is instantly essential reading for anyone seeking to understand contemporary manifestations of charismatic-style Christianity, from Hillsong to Pope Francis and all points between. * Rev Dr Caleb Maskell, Associate National Director, Vineyard USA *
Author Information
John Maiden is Head of Department and Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies at The Open University in the United Kingdom. He has published widely on evangelical and charismatic movements in the twentieth century. He lives in Manchester, England.
