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- English
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About This Book
This book documents some of the pacifist and social justice convictions of early Pentecostals, many of whomwere called traitors, slackers, cranks, and weak-minded people for extending Jesus' love beyond racial, ethnic, and national boundaries.They wrestled with citizenship and Jesus' prohibitions on killing.They rejected nation-worship, war profiteering, wage slavery, patriotic indoctrination, militarism, and Wall Street politics--and many suffered for it. They criticized governments and churches that, in wartime, endorsed the very thing forbidden in their sacred book and civil laws. They recognized the dangers of loving your country too much, even more than Jesus and his words, and viewed nation-loyalty as a distraction from a higher and more inclusive loyalty--devotion to God. These articles, once accessible only to academics, are now available to the public.These voices, often forgotten within today's mainstream Pentecostal history, offer an opportunity torevisit the passions of early Pentecostal leaders and to examine Pentecostalism in fresh ways.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Preface
- Introduction
- About the Authors
- Foreword
- Chapter 1: âThe Gold, White and Blueâ
- Chapter 2: âImminent Events in the United Statesâ
- Chapter 3: Should a Christian Fight?
- Chapter 4: âVictoryâ
- Chapter 5: âWar! War! War!â
- Chapter 6: Blood Against Blood
- Chapter 7: âThe Character of the Churchâ
- Chapter 8: âShould Christians Go To War?â
- Chapter 9: âThe Present Situationâ
- Chapter 10: âThe European Warâ
- Chapter 11: âPresent Day Conditionsâ
- Chapter 12: âChristian Preparednessâ
- Chapter 13: âIs Christian Civilization Breaking Down?â
- Chapter 14: âPentecostal Saints Opposed to Warâ
- Chapter 15: âWhat Will the Harvest Be?â
- Chapter 16: âOur Heavenly Citizenshipâ
- Chapter 17: âIn the Last Daysâ
- Chapter 18: âThe World Warâ
- Chapter 19: âLoyalty and Perseveranceâ
- Chapter 20: âThe Christian and War: Is It Too Late?â [Part 1]
- Chapter 21: âThe Christian and War: Christ Cleansing the Templeâ [Part 2]
- Chapter 22: âThe Spirit of the Ageâ
- Chapter 23: âThe Awful World Warâ
- Chapter 24: âThe Awful War Seems Nearâ
- Chapter 25: âWar Noticeâ
- Chapter 26: âThe Pentecostal Movement and the Conscription Lawâ
- Chapter 27: [Members Seeking Conscientious Objection]
- Chapter 28: âDays of Perplexityâ
- Chapter 29: âThe Patriotic Harlotâ
- Chapter 30: âChristian Citizenshipâ
- Chapter 31: War and the Christian
- Chapter 32: âFrom the Pentecostal Viewpointâ
- Chapter 33: âWar, the Bible, and the Christianâ [Part 1]
- Chapter 34: âWar, the Bible, and the Christianâ [Part 2]
- Chapter 35: âWar Behind the Smoke Screenâ
- Chapter 36: âThe Way to Disarm Is to DISARMâ
- Chapter 37: âThe Pulse of a Dying Worldâ
- Chapter 38: Is War Christian?
- Chapter 39: âConscientious Objectionâ
- Bibliography