What is the essence of charismatic Christianity, a renewal movement that stresses the Holy Spirit’s work, the church's use of spiritual gifts, and the significance of the supernatural? Helen Collins gives a novel summary explanation drawn from the spiritual gifts. Through Scripture, scholarship, and qualitative studies, she shows that charismatic spirituality is a coherent, reasonable, and rich tradition with diverse global expressions. Collins demonstrates how practicing spiritual gifts embodies a distinctive theology, making these practices carriers of doctrine.