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Amos Yong
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Amos Yong: The Hermeneutical Spirit II
Amos Yong, The Hermeneutical Spirit II: Migrations, Diasporas, and Cultures After Pentecost (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2026), 257 pages. Amos Yong’s The Hermeneutical Spirit II reads less like a sequel and more like a fresh unfolding of a long-standing theological journey. In these essays, thoughtfully edited by Rodolfo Galvan Estrada III, Yong revisits concerns that have…
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Evangelicals in the Public Square
J. Budziszewski, et al., Evangelicals in the Public Square: Four Formative Voices on Political Thought and Action (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2006), 218 pages, ISBN 9780801031564. J. Budziszewski is professor of philosophy and government at the University of Texas at Austin, and has written a number of well-recognized books on political theory, politics and virtue…
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Amos Yong and Dale Coulter: The Holy Spirit and Higher Education
Amos Yong and Dale M. Coulter, The Holy Spirit and Higher Education: Renewing the Christian University (Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2023), 320 pages, ISBN 9781481318143. Amos Yong and Dale Coulter bring to bear a fruitful and constructive offering in The Holy Spirit and Higher Education whose primary audience are those engaged in work and…
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Amos Yong: Renewing the Church by the Spirit
Amos Yong, Renewing the Church by the Spirit: Theological Education After Pentecost, Theological Education Between the Times (Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2020), 167 pages, ISBN 9780802878403. Renewing the Church by the Spirit: Theological Education After Pentecost by Dr. Amos Yong is part of the series entitled “Theological Education Between the Times”…
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Joy Beyond Understanding: Common Ground in Suffering and Worship among Eastern European Christians During the Communist Era
PneumaReview.com invites you to read this paper by Professor Eugen Jugaru and discuss the connection between joy and suffering. Abstract Suffering for the Christian faith and Christian worship exuberance, paradoxically have a common ground: a joy beyond understanding which comes from the Holy Spirit. The reality of this unusual and passionate experience: joy in sufferings…
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Lora Timenia: Third Wave Pentecostalism in the Philippines
Lora Angeline Embudo Timenia, Third Wave Pentecostalism in the Philippines: Understanding Toronto Blessing Revivalism’s Signs and Wonders Theology in the Philippines (Baguio City, Philippines: Asia Pacific Theological Seminary Press, 2020), 192 pages, ISBN 9789718942918. Lora Timenia is an ordained minister with the Assemblies of God in the Philippines. She has a Master of Theology degree…
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Amos Yong: The Dialogical Spirit
Amos Yong, The Dialogical Spirit: Christian Reason and Theological Method in the Third Millennium (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2014), 352 ages. Amos Yong’s The Dialogical Spirit contains a series of essays written within the past two decades that demonstrates not only thoughtful theological engagement with a variety of critical issues and a host of interlocutors,…
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The Future Direction of Evangelical Theology
Dr. Amos Yong will be the Evangelical Theological Society speaker for the 2018 Midwest Region joint meeting with the Evangelical Philosophical Society. Their theme this year is The Future Direction of Evangelical Theology. When: Friday, March 23, 8:00 a.m. through Saturday, March 24, 1:00 p.m. Where: Grace Bible College in Wyoming, Michigan (Wyoming is a…
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Methodicostal Witness: The Mission of the Spirit
Dr. Amos Yong will be the Keynote Speaker for the 2018 McCown Symposium at Northeastern Seminary. When: Thursday, March 1, 2018. Registration begins at 9:00 a.m. Where: Shewan Recital Hall, Cultural Life Center, Roberts Wesleyan College Campus in Rochester, New York. Directions & Map Revisit the Pentecost narrative and Pauline letters from a Wesleyan and…
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Receiving a Pentecostal Witness: Toward an Ecumenism of the Spirit for the Third Millennium
Fifth Annual Nevin Lectures Amos Yong, presenting “Receiving a Pentecostal Witness: Toward an Ecumenism of the Spirit for the Third Millennium” When: February 16-17, 2018 Where: The Avon Theater in Birmingham, Alabama The Day of Pentecost signaled the emergence of a new people of God drawn from all tongues, tribes, and nations, yoked onto the history…
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Amos Yong: The Future of Evangelical Theology
Amos Yong, The Future of Evangelical Theology: Soundings from the Asian American Diaspora (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2014), 255 pages, ISBN 9780830840601. Amos Yong begins this monograph by emphasizing the global diversity of Christianity. He argues that, in terms of demographics, we can no longer view it principally as a Western religion. After all,…
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Highlights from Society for Pentecostal Studies 2017
Mike Dies and I were able to attend the 46th Annual Meeting of the Society for Pentecostal Studies which was held at the St. Louis Marriott Hotel, March 9-11, 2017. I always enjoy the opportunity to listen to what world-class Pentecostal scholars are producing and it is a real pleasure to reconnect with PneumaReview.com writers….
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Amos Yong speaking on his books published at Wipf and Stock
Publisher Wipf & Stock interviews Amos Yong about his background and introduction to his books they have partnered to published. In his own words, Amos Yong explains what these books mean to him and why he thinks them significant to his own development. Originally published in January 2017. Length: 18:33 minutes.
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Amos Yong: The Bible, Disability, and the Church
Amos Yong, The Bible, Disability, and the Church: A New Vision of the People of God (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2011), viii+ 161 pages. Amos Yong is professor of theology and mission and director of the Center for Missiological Research at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California. His other books include The Spirit Poured Out on All…
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2017 Missiology Lectures
The School of Intercultural Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary invites you to the 2017 Missiology Lectures. RACE, THEOLOGY, AND MISSION November 1–3, 2017 in Pasadena, California Speakers include: Akintunde E. Akinade, Elizabeth Conde-Frazier, Daniel Jeyaraj, Willie Jennings, Angel Santiago-Vendrell, Andrea Smith, and Jonathan Tran. Conference organizers include: Love Sechrest, Johnny Ramírez-Johnson, and PneumaReview.com writer…
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Holy Spirit and Mission in Canonical Perspective, by Amos Yong
In the Spring of 2015, Fuller Theological Seminary published this series of articles by Amos Yong on its Patheos blog. Holy Spirit and Mission in Canonical Perspective The Life-Giving Spirit Genesis 1:3 & 6:3 – Creation and Fall: The Life-Giving Spirit If the wind or breath of God is understood also as the…
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Latino Pentecostalism, a review essay by Amos Yong
Gastón Espinosa, Latino Pentecostals in America: Faith and Politics in Action (Cambridge, MA, and London: Harvard University Press, 2014), xi + 505 pages. Daniel Ramírez, Migrating Faith: Pentecostalism in the United States and Mexico in the Twentieth Century (Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 2015), xix + 283 pages. Why should readers…
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Biology of Sin: 2016 Faith & Science Conference
Are some people destined to sin because of biological tendencies? Learn about this important topic from Christ-following scientists and theologians. Culture increasingly sees a connection between biology and sin. But what does the Bible really say? What does science actually suggest? How should we respond? You’re invited to explore these questions and more with Christian scientists…
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N. T. Wright: Paul and His Recent Interpreters and The Paul Debate, reviewed by Amos Yong
N. T. Wright, Paul and His Recent Interpreters: Some Contemporary Debates (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2015), xxiii + 379 pages. N. T. Wright, The Paul Debate: Critical Questions for Understanding the Apostle (Waco, Tex.: Baylor University Press, 2015), xi + 110 pages. I must confess that I am writing this double-review with both volumes of N….
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Apocalyptic literature, a double review by Amos Yong
Frederick J. Murphy, Apocalypticism in the Bible and Its World: A Comprehensive Introduction (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2012), xviii + 429 pages. Bruce Chilton, Visions of the Apocalypse: Receptions of John’s Revelation in Western Imagination (Waco, Tex.: Baylor University Press, 2013). vi + 169 pages. These two books are very different – length-wise, style, and…
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Amos Yong: The Coming Global Christianity: Pietistic-Pentecostal Challenges and Opportunities, Part 3
Amos Yong explores the impact of Pentecostalism on Christianity. This lecture was given on February 12, 2015 as part of the annual Murray W. Downey Lectureship at Ambrose University. This is Part 3 of the series. Watch Introductions and Part 1, Part 2. [This streaming content appears with advertisements PneumaReview.com has no control…
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Amos Yong: The Coming Global Christianity: Pietistic-Pentecostal Challenges and Opportunities, Part 2
Amos Yong explores the impact of Pentecostalism on Christianity. This lecture was given on February 12, 2015 as part of the annual Murray W. Downey Lectureship at Ambrose University. This is Part 2 of the series. Watch Introductions and Part 1 and Part 3 of this series. Please advance the timer to 2:05…
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Amos Yong: The Coming Global Christianity: Pietistic-Pentecostal Challenges and Opportunities, Introduction and Part 1
Amos Yong explores the impact of Pentecostalism on Christianity. This lecture was given on February 11, 2015 as part of the annual Murray W. Downey Lectureship at Ambrose University. Please advance the timer to 25:15 when the introductions begin. [This streaming content appears with advertisements PneumaReview.com has no control over] The Coming Global…
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The Coming of Pietistic-Pentecostalism: Summary and Reflection on Amos Yong’s 2015 Downey Lectures
On February 11th and 12th 2015, Amos Yong delivered a two-part series of lectures at Ambrose University for the annual Murray W. Downey Lectureship. Ambrose University is a Christian institution of higher education in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, composed of a denominationally diverse community seeking to represent Christ in their respective fields. Yong is currently Professor…
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Mel Robeck and Amos Yong: The Cambridge Companion to Pentecostalism
Cecil M. Robeck, Jr., and Amos Yong, eds., The Cambridge Companion to Pentecostalism (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014), xiii + 340 pages, ISBN 9780521188388. The serious scholar of Pentecostalism recognizes the incredible complexity of Pentecostal/Charismatic Christianity. The numerical and geographical explosion of Pentecostals continues to produce an ever-diversifying movement that proves both challenging and…
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Just Politics, Moral Deficit, Killing and Following Jesus: Amos Yong reviews four Ron Sider books
Ronald J. Sider, Just Politics: A Guide for Christian Engagement (Grand Rapids: Brazos Press, 2012), xvii + 249 pages, ISBN 9781587433269. Ronald J. Sider, Fixing the Moral Deficit: A Balanced Way to Balance the Budget (Downers Grove: IVP Books, 2012), 171 pages, ISBN 9780830837953. Ronald J. Sider, ed., The Early Church and Killing: A…
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Amos Yong: Spirit of Love
Amos Yong, Spirit of Love: A Trinitarian Theology of Grace (Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2012), vii-xv + 246 pages. Amos Yong (Ph.D. Boston University) is Professor of Theology and Mission and director of the Center for Missiological Research at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. Whereas in the past, we have seen Yong cover…
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The Theology of Amos Yong and the New Face of Pentecostal Scholarship
Wolfgang Vondey and Martin William Mittelstadt, eds., The Theology of Amos Yong and the New Face of Pentecostal Scholarship: Passion for the Spirit, Global Pentecostal and Charismatic Studies 14 (Leiden: Brill, 2013), vi + 270 pages. Amos Yong has contributed an amazing amount to Pentecostal theology. In fact, it is hard to understand how…
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The creative work of the Spirit
This post is a follow up to Paul Elbert’s May 28 post entitled “Some Reflections of a Participant in Pentecostalism and Science.” Thanks for this, Paul. I very much like your emphasis on the creative work of the Spirit throughout history and in the present world as well as in Christ, through Christ and among…
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Ralph Martin: Will Many Be Saved? reviewed by Amos Yong
Ralph Martin, Will Many Be Saved? What Vatican II Actually Teaches and Its Implications for the New Evangelization (Grand Rapids and Cambridge, UK: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2012), xvi + 316 pages, ISBN 9780802868879. Ralph Martin should be no stranger to those with some historical experience in or perspective on the charismatic renewal, especially…
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Pneuma Review Fall 2013
The Fall 2013 issue (16:4) of The Pneuma Review features these articles: The Credibility of Miracles: Excerpts from Miracles by Craig S. Keener. New Order of the Latter Rain: A New Perspective by John R. Miller. Find all of these articles individually in an easy-to-read format on the archive page: Fall 2013
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Amos Yong’s Who is the Holy Spirit?
From the Fall 2013 issue of Pneuma Review. Amos Yong, Who is the Holy Spirit? A Walk with the Apostles, a Paraclete Guide (Brewster, MA: Paraclete Press, 2011), 215 pages, ISBN 9781557256355. Amos Yong has written a fresh and comprehensive guide concerning the Holy Spirit in the book of Acts. This work has profound implications…
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Pentecostalism and Ecumenism: Past, Present, and Future, by Amos Yong
Pentecostalism and Ecumenism: Past, Present, and Future (Part 1 of 5) Pentecostalism and Ecumenism: Past, Present, and Future (Part 2 of 5) Pentecostalism and Ecumenism: Past, Present, and Future (Part 3 of 5) Pentecostalism and Ecumenism: Past, Present, and Future (Part 4 of 5) Pentecostalism and Ecumenism: Past, Present, and Future (Part 5 of 5)…
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The Spirit and the Prophetic Church, Part 2, by Antipas L. Harris
The Spirit and the Prophetic Church Building Ministry Coalitions for Urban Ministry Part 2 of 2 Editor’s Note: Read Part 1 in the Spring 2013 issue of The Pneuma Review The Situation of Post-Katrina New Orleans The situation of Cradock in Portsmouth is not an anomaly. This is important to note. The city of New…
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Afro-Pentecostalism, reviewed by Wolfgang Vondey
Amos Yong and Estrelda Alexander, eds., Afro-Pentecostalism: Black Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity in History and Culture (New York: New York University Press, 2011), 261 pages, ISBN 9780814797310. Black pentecostal and charismatic Christianity has long been one of the most neglected topics of North American religious history and culture. Estrelda Alexander, an African American professor of…
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Amos Yong, The Spirit of Creation
Amos Yong, The Spirit of Creation: Modern Science and Divine Action in the Pentecostal-Charismatic Imagination, Pentecostal Manifestos 4 (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2011), 256 pages, ISBN 9780802866127. As one of the most prolific Pentecostal theologians, Amos Yong is no stranger to the science and religion dialogue, although this volume is his first independent monograph dedicated to…
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George M. Flattery, A Biblical Theology of the Holy Spirit, reviewed by Amos Yong
George M. Flattery, A Biblical Theology of the Holy Spirit, vol. 1, The Holy Spirit in the Old Testament, James E. Richardson, ed. (Springfield, MO: Global University, 2009), xxxii + 226 pages. George M. Flattery, A Biblical Theology of the Holy Spirit, vol. 2, Luke and Acts, James E. Richardson, ed. (Springfield, MO: Global University,…
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Graham Ward’s The Politics of Discipleship, reviewed by Amos Yong
Graham Ward, The Politics of Discipleship: Becoming Postmaterial Citizens, The Church and Postmodern Culture Series (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2009), 317 pages, ISBN 9780801031588. For most readers of The Pneuma Review, this will not be an easy book to read. Graham Ward, professor of contextual theology and ethics at the University of Manchester in the…
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Amos Yong: Hospitality and the Other
Amos Yong, Hospitality & the Other: Pentecost, Christian Practices, and the Neighbor, Faith Meets Faith Series (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2008), xvii + 169, ISBN 9781570757723. The theology and literature of hospitality is a hot topic. Over the last decade a plethora of theses, dissertations, monographs, books, and articles, whether scholarly or popular, sacred or…
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Amos Yong: The Spirit Poured Out on All Flesh
Amos Yong, The Spirit Poured Out on All Flesh: Pentecostalism and the Possibility of Global Theology (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2005), 320 pages. The oft overused term “instant classic” is, of course, an oxymoron. To become a true classic takes time; by definition, it cannot be an instant occurrence. Still, in a less straightforward…
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Amos Yong: Discerning the Spirit(s)
Amos Yong, Discerning the Spirit(s): A Pentecostal-Charismatic Contribution to Christian Theology of Religions, Journal of Pentecostal Theology Supplement Series 20 (Sheffield, England: Sheffield Academic Press, 2000), 392 pages. Amos Yong is a leading Pentecostal/charismatic theologian. This book helps explain why. There are a number of reasons why I think pastors, church leaders, missionaries, teachers,…
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Cornelius G. Hunter: Darwin’s Proof, reviewed by Amos Yong
Cornelius G. Hunter, Darwin’s Proof: The Triumph of Religion over Science (Grand Rapids: Brazos Press, 2003), 168 pages, ISBN 9781587430565. The volume under review is a sequel to Hunter’s Darwin’s God: Evolution and the Problem of Evil (Brazos Press, 2001). The central thesis of the former book is that the theory—rather than fact—of evolution…
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Douglas Jacobsen: Thinking in the Spirit, reviewed by Amos Yong
Douglas Jacobsen, Thinking in the Spirit: Theologies of the Early Pentecostal Movement (Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2003), xvi + 418 pages, ISBN 9780253343208. This is a book long overdue, and places us all in debt to Douglas Jacobsen, Distinguished Professor of Church History and Theology at Messiah College in Grantham, Pennsylvania. While…
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Amos Yong: Beyond the Impasse
Amos Yong, Beyond the Impasse: Toward a Pneumatological Theology of Religions (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2003), 192 pages, ISBN 9780801026126. The goal of this thorough and erudite book by Amos Yong is explicit in the title, Beyond the Impasse, the impasse in question being the Christological question that throws up immediate blockades to inter-faith…
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Veli-Matti Karkkainen’s An Introduction to Ecclesiology, reviewed by Amos Yong
An Introduction to Ecclesiology: Ecumenical, Historical & Global Perspectives. Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen. InterVarsity Press (Downers Grove, Ill., 2002), 238 pages, ISBN 9780830826889. Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen is a Finnish Pentecostal who teaches systematic theology both in Europe and at Fuller Theological Seminary. He brings to his writing his vast ecumenical and extensive missionary experiences of worldwide Christianity. And…
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Advents of the Spirit, reviewed by Amos Yong
Bradford E. Hinze and D. Lyle Dabney, eds., Advents of the Spirit: An Introduction to the Current Study of Pneumatology, Marquette Studies in Theology 30 (Milwaukee: Marquette University Press, 2002), 484 pages, ISBN 9780874626797. There are two main reasons why I want to encourage readers of the Pneuma Review to read this book. The…
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Pentecostalism and Ecumenism: Past, Present, and Future (Part 4 of 5) by Amos Yong
Amos Yong challenges classical Pentecostals to re-examine what ecumenism really is. IV. Pentecostal Ecumenism: A Survey If it is true to say that Pentecostalism has always been ecumenical, it is also true to say that in certain respects, the ecumenical movement has always been “pentecostal.” In what follows, I want to tease out three elements…
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Pentecostalism and Ecumenism: Past, Present, and Future (Part 3 of 5) by Amos Yong
Amos Yong challenges classical Pentecostals to re-examine what ecumenism really is. III. Ecumenical Pentecostalism: A Historical Overview I hope to have shown that Pentecostal anti-ecumenism stems in part from theological convictions imported into rather than derived from the Pentecostal experience of the Spirit. Such importations have inhibited Pentecostals from a genuine understanding of what the…
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Roger Stronstad: The Prophethood of All Believers, reviewed by Amos Yong
Roger Stronstad, The Prophethood of All Believers: A Study in Luke’s Charismatic Theology, Journal of Pentecostal Theology Supplemental Series, vol. 16 (Sheffield, UK: Sheffield Academic Press, 1999). 136 pp. There are at least three reasons why every Pentecostal and charismatic pastor, minister, or leader should read this book. Let me briefly attempt to convince…
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Pentecostalism and Ecumenism: Past, Present, and Future (Part 2 of 5) by Amos Yong
Amos Yong challenges classical Pentecostals to re-examine what ecumenism really is. II. Classical Pentecostal Objections to Ecumenism Given this biblically defined ecumenism [Editor’s note: please see part 1 in the Winter 2001 issue], then, why is it that most Pentecostals remain staunchly anti-ecumenical? While many reasons have been given, three stand out as representing a…
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Matthias Wenk: Community-Forming Power, reviewed by Amos Yong
Matthias Wenk, Community-Forming Power: The Socio-Ethical Role of the Spirit in Luke-Acts, Journal of Pentecostal Theology Supplemental Series 19 (Sheffield, England: Sheffield Academic Press, 2000), 368 pages, ISBN 9780567043504. Those who have been keeping abreast of the developments in biblical scholarship by Pentecostal scholars are in for a treat with this book. A pastor…
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Daniel Albrecht: Rites in the Spirit, reviewed by Amos Yong
Daniel E. Albrecht, Rites in the Spirit: A Ritual Approach to Pentecostal/Charismatic Spirituality, Journal of Pentecostal Theology Supplemental Series 17 (Sheffield, England: Sheffield Academic Press, 1999), 280 pages, ISBN 9781841270173. Pastors and Church leaders in the Pentecostal and charismatic movements should take note of this book written by Albrecht, Professor of Church History and…
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Pentecostalism and Ecumenism: Past, Present, and Future (Part 1 of 5) by Amos Yong
Amos Yong challenges classical Pentecostals to re-examine what ecumenism really is. Editor’s Introduction to “Pentecostalism and Ecumenism: Past, Present, and Future” I am pleased to present this important series by Professor Amos Yong. The subject of what ecumenism truly is and what it means to the Pentecostal/charismatic is an important one today. This article has…
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Jon Ruthven: On the Cessation of the Charismata
Jon Ruthven, On the Cessation of the Charismata: The Protestant Polemic on Postbiblical Miracles, Journal of Pentecostal Theology Supplement Series 3 (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1993 and 1997), 271 pages. Those who are involved in friendly debates with cessationists should seriously consider this book as a gift in order to further conversation on the topic….
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Between Two Extremes: Balancing Word-Christianity and Spirit-Christianity
Paul Cain and R. T. Kendall, The Word and the Spirit: Reclaiming Your Covenant with the Holy Spirit and the Word of God (Eastbourne, E. Sussex: Kingsway Publications, 1996; Orlando, Florida: Creation House, 1998), xviii + 87 pages, ISBN 9780884195443. In 1992, Paul Cain and R.T. Kendall together gave six addresses at the Wembley Conference…
