Description

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This volume provides a multidisciplinary approach to the study of Pentecostal social concern in Latin America from a scholar/practitioner recognized as an activist and leader from within the movement. Douglas Petersen blends sociological, missiological, and theological perspectives into an engaging study of Pentecostal social doctrine.

About the Author

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Douglas Petersen (PhD Oxford Centre for Mission Studies) is Margaret S. Smith Distinguished Professor of World Missions and Intercultural Studies at Vanguard University. He teaches courses in the graduate program in intercultural studies on subjects relating to world missions, having lived and served on the mission field for many years. He is also the founding director of CINCEL, VUSC's Costa Rica Study Center. Dr. Petersen has also coauthored a number of books, including The Globalization of Pentecostalism: A Religion Made to Travel and Called and Empowered: Global Mission in Pentecostal Perspective.