"gripping, powerful, and prophetic"

-Amos Yong

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With the Pentecostal movement growing more rapidly than any other branch of Christianity, this book helps us understand how it lost its original deep commitment to the Prince of Peace and to peacemaking. But it also suggests that Pentecostals may yet reclaim this invaluable element of their heritage.

—Harvey Cox, Hollis Professor of Divinity, Harvard Divinity School

This is a gripping, powerful, and prophetic book. Paul Alexander documents the transformation—more accurately: devolution—of the American Assemblies of God over the course of the twentieth century from its roots as an antiwar, pacifistic, and peace-seeking church into a nationalistic, militaristic, and Americanist denomination, even while raising important questions for the Pentecostal witness in the twenty firstcentury. This is a must-read volume for all Pentecostal educators, pastors, and leaders, as well as for anyone interested in and concerned about the present and future of the church in America.

—Amos Yong, Professor of Theology and Director of Ph.D. Program in Renewal Studies, Regent University School of Divinity

Provocative and well researched, Alexander’s contribution to American Pentecostal history and theology should be required reading for anyone who takes faith and academic inquiry seriously. I hope all my fellow travelers read it!

—Arlene Sanchez-Walsh, Associate Professor, Church History and Latino Church Studies, Haggard Graduate School of Theology

Here is a profoundly disturbing read for anyone concerned about faith formation across generations. Alexander tells of the loss of a corporate crucifist vision, but more than that, he reveals how communities of faith can barter away elements of Christian identity for acceptance and influence. The implications of this study are worth examining by all traditions asking, “Will our children have faith?”