{"product_id":"more-than-tongues-can-tell-eric-lewis-williams-9780271101347","title":"More Than Tongues Can Tell: Theological Generosity in Black Pentecostal Thought","description":"\u003cp\u003ePentecostalism is often characterized as either an ecstatic movement, centrally involving speaking in tongues, healing, and prophecy, or an exclusivist one, aligned with North American white evangelicalism. Yet there is a vibrant Black Pentecostal tradition stretching back more than a century that is both theologically complex and deeply grounded in an ethics of social justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMore Than Tongues Can Tell\u003c\/i\u003e, Eric Lewis Williams dismantles prevailing notions of Pentecostalism's anti-intellectualism and explores how social contexts shape theologies produced by marginalized groups in America. Through close readings of the work of four pioneering Black Pentecostal theologians--Bishop Ozro Thurston Jones Jr., Bishop Ithiel Conrad Clemmons, Dr. James Alexander Forbes Jr., and Dr. William Clair Turner Jr.--Williams uncovers a theological vision marked by openness to diverse Christian and philosophical traditions alongside a deep commitment to liberation and egalitarianism. Situating these thinkers within African American religious history and the wider landscape of Pentecostal theology, the book reconstructs Black Pentecostalism's coming of age in the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForegrounding pneumatology as a site of theological creativity, \u003ci\u003eMore Than Tongues Can Tell\u003c\/i\u003e challenges glossocentric frameworks that reduce the Spirit to ecstatic speech and demonstrates how Black Pentecostal theologians articulate a more expansive and socially engaged vision. The book will be of particular interest to students and scholars of theology and African American religion, as well as practitioners within Pentecostal communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eric Lewis Williams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0271101342\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780271101347\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penn State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Eric Lewis Williams","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48086297313535,"sku":"9780271101347","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2c466e33-1567-489c-b9b3-035de7e3911d.jpg?v=1769093890","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/more-than-tongues-can-tell-eric-lewis-williams-9780271101347","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}