Social Engagement in the Holiness and Pentecostal Movements

David Bundy is Associate Director of the Manchester Wesley Research Centre. He is the author of Keswick: A Bibliographic Introduction to the Higher Life Movements and Visions of Apostolic Mission: Scandinavian Pentecostal Mission to 1935 and coeditor of Holiness and Pentecostal Movements: Intertwined Pasts, Presents, and Futures. He is the founding editor of the Journal of the European Pentecostal Theological Association, now Journal of Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity. Geordan Hammond is Associate Professor of Methodist and Wesleyan Studies at Candler School of Theology at Emory University. He is the author of John Wesley in America: Restoring Primitive Christianity; coeditor of Holiness and Pentecostal Movements: Intertwined Pasts, Presents, and Futures; George Whitefield: Life, Context, and Legacy; and Religion, Gender, and Industry: Exploring Church and Methodism in a Local Setting; the founding editor of Wesley and Methodist Studies; and the associate general editor of the Wesley Works Editorial Project.David Han is Director of Accreditation at the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada and an Honorary Fellow of the Manchester Wesley Research Centre. He is coeditor of Holiness and Pentecostal Movements: Intertwined Pasts, Presents, and Futures.

“Among the many assumptions about the Holiness and Pentecostal movements, one prevalent one has been that these folk are ‘heavenly minded and no earthly good.’ The contributions in this important volume, instead, demonstrate there has been intentional and effective involvement in issues of social justice.; just as the movements themselves are diverse, so have been the approaches. What is particularly striking is the ways in which race all but predicts which issues will be addressed, as well as the approaches taken. This book not only challenges the popular myth, but opens the door to much-needed further conversation.”—Kimberly Ervin Alexander, author of Pentecostal Healing: Models in Theology and Practice