Keri Day's Azusa Reimagined, the Azusa Street Revival, and Ethical Inquiry

This panel takes Keri Day’s Azusa Reimagined (2022) as a starting point for charting new relationships between the Azusa Street Revival and a diverse array of ethical inquiries. Day’s work, which places Azusa Street in the ongoing context of prevailing norms of racial capitalism, fundamentally alters the study of Pentecostalism in the US and widens the range of its potential impacts. From her own reading of the sermons and practices of the Azusa Street Mission, Day draws out a radical critique of racial capitalism and argues for a vision of democratic practices and belonging that prioritize intimacy and grave attending to those on the margins. While serving as an opportunity to respond to Day’s work, this panel also takes Azusa Reimagined as a starting point to think further about the Azusa Street Revival and ethical reflection more generally.