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The History of a New Zealand Pentecostal Movement: The New Life Churches of New Zealand from 1946 to 1979 (Studies in Religion and Society)
The History of a New Zealand Pentecostal Movement The New Life Churches of New Zealand from 1946 to 1979 - Studies in Religion and Society Author:Brett Knowles This work traces the emergence of the New Zealand Pentecostal Movement in the 1940s and its growth to become one of the largest Pentecostal movements in New Zealand in the 1970s. It examines the ways in which this movement's original revivalism became linked with moralist concerns and with the application of political pressure for social change.... more » A secondary avenue of enquiry is the way in which the New Life Churches and the emerging New Zealand charismatic movement had reciprocal effects. This volume includes biographical notes on important figures, maps of the movement's development and expansion, and a bibliography.« less