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PENTECOSTALISM
Azusa Street centennial
IN
THE NORTHEAST
• Harvey Cox Jr. is a religion professor at Harvard Divinity School and
a leading commentator on religious trends, in particular on Pentecostals, which
he examined in his book Fire From Heaven: The Rise of Pentecostal Spirituality
and the Reshaping of Religion in the 21st Century (1995, Addison-Wesley
Publishers). Contact 617-495-5752, harvey_cox@harvard.edu,
or through his faculty assistant Carol Edwards, 617-495-4519, carol_edwards@harvard.edu.
• Todd
M. Johnson is director of the Center for the Study of Global Christianity at
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, South Hamilton, Mass. The rise of Pentecostalism
is a major focus of the program. Contact 978-468-7111, ToddMJohnson@globalchristianity.org.
• Edward
L. Cleary is a political scientist at Providence College in Providence, R.I.
He specializes in Latin America and has written widely on Pentecostalism on
that continent. Cleary edited a collection of essays, Power, Politics and
Pentecostals in Latin America (Westview Press, 1997). Contact 401-865-2752,
ecleary@providence.edu.
IN
THE EAST
• R. Marie Griffith is an associate professor of religion at Princeton
University in New Jersey. She has written on women in charismatic and Pentecostal
movements. Contact 609-258-4515, or griffith@princeton.edu.
• Cheryl
J. Sanders is professor of Christian ethics at Howard University School of Divinity
and senior pastor of the Third Street Church of God in Washington, D.C. She
has written extensively on race and culture and on the holiness-Pentecostal
experience in African-American religion and culture. She can discuss the tradition
of community work among black churches. Contact 202-806-0632, csanders@howard.edu.
• Philip
Jenkins is Distinguished Professor of History and Religious Studies at Pennsylvania
State University. His book, The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity
(Oxford University Press, 2003), includes extensive discussion of the global
impact of Pentecostalism. Contact 814-863-8946, jpj1@psu.edu.
IN
THE SOUTHEAST
•
Robert W. Graves is president of the Atlanta-based Foundation
for Pentecostal Scholarship, which was begun to foster a growing theological
and intellectual development in Pentecostalism. Contact 770-516-7300, rgraves@tffps.org.
• Estrelda Alexander is an associate professor of theology at Regent University
in Virginia Beach, Va., and author of a new book, The Women of Azusa Street
(The Pilgrim Press, 2005), which explores the major role of women in the birth
and success of Pentecostalism, especially among African-Americans. Contact through
the divinity school, 800-723-6162, or estrale@regent.edu.
• David Yamane is an assistant professor of sociology at Wake Forest University
in Winston-Salem, N.C., and author of the Pentecostalism
article in The Encyclopedia of Religion and Society. Contact 336-758-3260,
yamaned@wfu.edu.
• Nancy A. Hardesty is a religion professor at Clemson University in South
Carolina. Her work on Pentecostal and Holiness Christianity includes examinations
of the practice of faith healing. Contact 864-656-5364, nhardes@clemson.edu.
IN
THE SOUTH
• Laurence
W. Wood is a professor of systematic theology at Asbury Theological Seminary
in Wilmore, Ky. He wrote the article "Third Wave of the Spirit, Pentecostalization
of American Christianity: A Wesleyan Critique" in the 1996 Wesleyan
Theological Journal. Contact 859-858-3581.
• Rosalind
I. J. Hackett is a professor of religious studies at the University of Tennessee
in Knoxville. She has written on Pentecostalism in Africa. Contact 865-974-6980,
rhackett@utk.edu.
• Hans
A. Baer is a professor of sociology and anthropology at the University of Arkansas
at Little Rock. He specializes in African-American Pentecostalism. Contact 501-569-3173,
habaer@ualr.edu.
• Jane
M. Harris is an associate professor of religion at Hendrix College in Conway,
Ark. She has written on the role of Pentecostalism in political life in the
South. Contact 501-450-1392, harris@mercury.hendrix.edu.
IN
THE MIDWEST
• Carmelo Alvarez is an affiliate professor of church history and theology
and director of Cross-Cultural Studies at Christian Theological Seminary in
Indianapolis and a member of the editorial board of The Cyberjournal for
Pentecostal-Charismatic Research. Contact 317-931-2335, calvarez@cts.edu.
• Margaret
Poloma is a professor of religion at the University of Akron who wrote about
miracles as supernatural/paranormal phenomenon in Main Street Mystics: The
Toronto Blessing and Reviving Pentecostalism (Alta Mira Press, 2003). She
describes herself as a Pentecostal Christian who has experienced paranormal
phenomena within the framework of her religion. Contact 330-972-6837 or 330-328-7860
(cell), mpoloma@uakron.edu.
• Corwin
E. Smidt is a professor of political science at Calvin College in Grand Rapids,
Mich., and an expert on the political and cultural involvement of conservative
Christians, including Pentecostals. Contact 616-526-6233.
IN
THE SOUTHWEST
• T.D. Jakes is the leader of the Potter's
House, a 28,000-member Pentecostal church in Dallas. He is a nationally
known pastor and author and will headline at the Azusa
Street centennial in Los Angeles. Contact 214-333-6459.
• R.
Andrew Chesnut is a history professor at the University of Houston who specializes
in Latin America. He has written about the growing presence of Pentecostalism
in the continent. Contact 713-743-3119, rchesnut@mail.uh.edu.
IN
THE WEST/NORTHWEST
• Arlene M. Sanchez Walsh is an associate professor of Christian
ministry and urban issues at the Haggard School of Theology at Azusa Pacific
University in Azusa, Calif. She specializes in Latino Pentecostalism. Contact
626-815-5439, asanchez-walsh@apu.edu.
• Thomas
J. Csordas is a professor of anthropology at the University of California, San
Diego. Csordas studies comparative religion and cultural phenomenology and took
part in the 2004
Templeton symposium on the Holy Spirit in contemporary America. Contact
858-534-4145, tcsordas@ucsd.edu.
• Anthea Butler is a professor of religion at the department of theological
studies at Bellarmine College of Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.
She is a noted African-American chronicler of the Pentecostal movement. Contact
310-338-7670, abutler@lmu.edu.
• Bishop
Roy Dixon is president of the board of the Pacific Institute for Community Organization
and pastor of Faith Chapel (Church of God in Christ) in San Diego. He oversees
30 Pentecostal congregations and is a Republican and businessman. He has worked
with the San Diego Organizing Project, a PICO affiliate, for 17 years. Contact
619-266-2626, roydixon@sbcglobal.net.
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