Canadian Pentecostalism: Transition and Transformation. Edited by Michael Wilkinson. McGill-Queen’s Studies in the History of Religion 49. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2009.xivþ308 pp. $95.00 cloth.

摘要

Established in 1991, the McGill-Queen’s Studies in the History of Religion hasnpublished close to eighty books. Although the series covers many topicsnbeyond its borders, most of the works to date have centred on Canada andnthe result has been a rapid expansion and wide-ranging enrichment ofnCanadian religious history and historiography. Remarkably, MichaelnWilkinson’s edited collection, Canadian Pentecostalism: Transition andnTransformation is the first book in this august series to focus specifically onnpentecostalism, and it is likely the first produced by any university press innCanada. Have pentecostal studies finally come of age in Canada? Or doesnthe appearance of this work simply mark a growing awareness of this majorngap in the wider landscape of religious history north of the forty-ninth parallel?