ABSTRACT
The Pentecostals rebelled against creeds but retained the mystery of faith. They abolished hierarchies and retained ecstasy as part of their practice. Rejecting both traditionalism and scientism, they sought a return to the inner core of human spirituality and thus provided the new kind of religious space many people desired. They allowed for a variety of interpretations of Pentecostalism by encouraging the grafting of existing folklife to the spiritual movement.
