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Estrelda Alexander was raised in an urban, black, working-class, oneness Pentecostal congregation in the 1950s and 1960s, but she knew little of her heritage and thought that all Christians worshiped and believed as she did. Much later she discovered that many Christians not only knew little of her heritage but considered it strange. Even today, most North Americans remain ignorant of black...

Black Fire: One Hundred Years of African American Pentecostalism is a treasure trove of scholarly insight and information on African American Pentecostalism. Being among the rare books able to craft a narrative chronicling and interpreting the century-long history of African American Pentecostalism, this book expands our knowledge of the diverse social and theological trajectories that constitute the tradition. Here, Estrelda Alexander introduces scholars and general readers to the triumphs
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