Grassroots Pentecostalism in Brazil and the United States

Paul J. Palma is a professor at Regent University and SUM Bible College and Theological Seminary. He is the author of Italian American Pentecostalism and the Struggle for Religious Identity (2020) and Embracing Our Roots (2021).

• Introduction.- Part I: Genesis and Development.- Chapter 1. From Chicago to the Brazilian Bairros: Origins of Trans-Americas Grassroots Pentecostalism.- Chapter 2. Euro-US Migrants in Brazil and the Making of Brazilian Pentecostalism.- Chapter 3. Renewing Pentecostalism in the Southern Cone: The Christian Assemblies in Argentina and Brazil.- Chapter 4. From Brazil to North America: Reverse Mission Trajectories.- Part II: Challenges and Prospects.- Chapter 5. Assessing Patterns of Church Growth.- Chapter 6: Comparing Models of Church Polity.- Chapter 7: Holiness Ethic, Separatism, and the Politics of Trans-Americas Pentecostalism.-Conclusion.