Title: A Useful book
Review: This book is, as far as I am aware, the only sustained academic treatment of Charles Parham's ministry. It is a very useful study that helpfully contextualises into his social climate. Therefore, Goff goes some way to cast doubt on the common portrayal of Parham as a overt Racist; relative to his time he was not. As well as being a biography of Parham Goff makes a case for arguing that Parham is the clear "Projector" of Pentecostalism in his theological prescription of Xenoglossa (note: not glossolalia) as this initial evidence of the Holy Spirit's Baptism. The xenoglossa accounts for Goff's argument that Parham's Pentecostalism was a missiological one.I would however note that the debate of pentecostal origins could have been covered in more depth as a greater survey of subsequent pentecostal appraisals of his work. Overall though this was an enjoyable and informative read.
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