Abstract
The Jesus People Movement: A Story of Spiritual Revolution among the Hippies by Richard Bustraan (2014) is reviewed by Dan Sundqvist.
Highlights
Hippiedom and Pentecostalism do not, at first glance, have much in common
According to Richard Bustraan’s book The Jesus People Movement: A Story of Spiritual Revo lution among the Hippies, Chris tianity in America is influenced by the hippiedom that changed the religious milieu of the 60s and 70s
The book analyses the Jesus People Movement (JPM) from the point of view of an American Pentecostal historiography, in which the move ment, and its aftermath, has left a legacy which presents ‘a microcosm of the global trend of hybridizations in Pentecostalisms’ (p. 208). He of fers a critical and fresh view of the JPM, as well as describing where the movement is situated in the context of American society
Summary
According to Richard Bustraan’s book The Jesus People Movement: A Story of Spiritual Revo lution among the Hippies, Chris tianity in America is influenced by the hippiedom that changed the religious milieu of the 60s and 70s. The book analyses the Jesus People Movement (JPM) from the point of view of an American Pentecostal historiography, in which the move ment, and its aftermath, has left a legacy which presents ‘a microcosm of the global trend of hybridizations in Pentecostalisms’
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