Cecil Polhill: Missionary, Gentleman and Revivalist : Volume1 (1860-1914) /

Cecil Polhill: Missionary, Gentleman and Revivalist : Volume1 (1860-1914) /

The full significance of Cecil Henry Polhill (1860-1938), the wealthy squire of Howbury Hall, is known to few, yet he was one of the founding fathers of the Pentecostal-Charismatic tradition in Britain, and his impact and legacy stretch far beyond British shores to North America, the Far East and el...

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Main Author: Usher, John (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2020.

Series: Global Pentecostal and Charismatic Studies ; 38.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2020, ISBN: 9789004419094.

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Missionaries > England > Biography.
Pentecostalism > History.

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Call Number: BX5199.P658

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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Foreword
  • List of Illustrations
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1 From Eton to China (1860-1885)
  • 2 Imperial China: Frequent Danger and the Power of the Holy Spirit (1885-1888)
  • 3 Mysterious Tibet: The Land "in Gross Darkness with Hardly a Gleam of Light" (1888-1900)
  • 4 Life in England, "for China and Tibet, and for Worldwide Revival," Prayer and Activism between Leaving China and Discovering Pentecostalism (1900-1907)
  • 5 Embracing and Leading Early British Pentecostalism (1908-1910)
  • 6 A Vision Realised, "The Tribes Abound and Are Clamouring for the Gospel," Polhill and the Pmu at the Tibetan Border (1910-1914)
  • Appendix 1 The Testimony of Wang Tsuan Yi (Uang-Ts'Ong-I)
  • Appendix 2 Full Text of the "Memorandum of Agreement between the China Inland Mission and the Tibetan Band" 1896
  • Bibliography
  • Index.