Pentecostalism
By
William K. Kay
Reviewed by
Various
European Pentecostalism is a 398-page book, which is
the seventh volume in a series of 12 titled “Global Pentecostal and
Charismatic Studies.” The series is published by Brill. The book is not
exclusively a behavioural science text but part three included sociological
perspectives.
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A review by Michael Wilkinson finds the book useful for
sociology of religion researchers.
“Finally, the sociological and statistical coverage, while
general, will be of value to sociologists of religion, especially those
conducting current research on the movement. This material provides an
excellent framework and background for current issues of migration,
globalization, religious diversity, and cultural change.” (p . 130).
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In Paul Schmidgall’s review, he refers to data describing
the scope of Pentecostalism in the Introduction by Anne Dyer with data from
2001. His comments reveal appreciation for Kay’s sociological perspective:
“In the sociological section,
William Kay looks back into the past and identifies “the two world-wars and
state-sponsored communism as the major factors which disrupted European
Pentecostalism in the 20th century (389)” This is well taken, even if we must
not forget, on the other hand that, Pentecostalism has also experienced
tremendous growth under communist persecution and right after the two
world-wars.” (p. 301).
References
Kay, W. K. & Dyer, A. E. (Eds.). (2011). European
Pentecostalism. Leiden: Brill.
Schmidgall, P. (2013). European Pentecostalism. Pneuma,
35(2), 300–302. https://doi.org/10.1163/15700747-12341339
Wilkinson, M. (2013). European Pentecostalism. Sociology
of Religion, 74(1), 129–130. https://doi.org/10.1093/socrel/srt001
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