Tarango, Angela.

Choosing the Jesus way : American Indian Pentecostals and the fight for the indigenous principle / Angela Tarango. - First edition. - xii, 219 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-210) and index.

Introduction: Native Pentecostals, the indigenous principle, and religious practice -- The indigenous principle : Pentecostal missionary theology and the birth of the Assemblies of God's Home Missions to American Indians -- The indigenous principle on the ground : American Indians, white missionaries, and the building of missions -- The lived indigenous principle : new understandings of Pentecostal healing, Native culture, and Pentecostal Indian identity -- Institutionalizing the indigenous principle : the American Indian College and Mesa View Assembly of God -- The fight for national power and the indigenous principle : the development of the Indian representative position and the Native American fellowship -- Epilogue: American Indian Pentecostals in the twenty-first century.

9781469612928 (pbk : alk. paper) 1469612925 (pbk : alk. paper)

40023551722

2013038008


Assemblies of God--Missions--North America.


Indians of North America--Missions.
Indians of North America--Religion.
Pentecostal converts--North America.
Christianity and other religions--North America.
Christianity and culture--North America.


North America--Religious life and customs.

E 98 .M6 / T27 2014