Global Pentecostal and Charismatic Healing

Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity is a global phenomenon that comprises a quarter of the world''s two billion Christians and is growing rapidly. This volume reveals that the primary appeal of pentecostalism worldwide is as a religion of healing. Contrary to popular stereotypes of flamboyant, fraudulent, anti-medical "faith healing" televangelists who preach a materialistic, "health and weal...