Oct, 10, 2024
Spirit & Power Ep 3 - "The Promise of America:" Black Pentecostal and Charismatic Visibility in the 2024 Election
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Summary
In this episode of Spirit & Power: ‘”The Promise of America:” Black Pentecostal and Charismatic Visibility in the 2024 Election.’ Dr. Leah Payne speaks with Dr. Dara Coleby Delgado, Bishop James Mills Thoburn Chair of Religious Studies, an Assistant Professor of History and Religious Studies, and an affiliate faculty in Black Studies and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Allegheny College and a 2024-2025 PRRI Public Religion Fellow, about the rising political visibility of Black Pentecostals and Charismatics this election cycle.
Resources & Links:
- “Black Pentecostal and charismatic Christians are boosting their visibility in politics − a shift from the past” by Dara Delgado
- “Half of all Black churchgoers say services include speaking in tongues,” Pew Research Center
- “The Future of “Born-Again Evangelicalism” Is Charismatic and Pentecostal,” Fanhao Nie, Ph.D., Flavio Rogerio Hickel Jr., Leah Payne, Tarah Williams, Ph.D. for the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI)
Books:
- Black Fire: One Hundred Years of African American Pentecostalism by Estrelda Alexander
Azusa Reimagined: A Radical Vision of Religious and Democratic Belongingby Keri Day
- William Seymour and the Origins of Global Pentecostalism by Gastón Espinosa
- The Black Roots and White Racism of Early Pentecostalism in the USA by Iain MacRobert