Download or read book Pax Pneuma written by Cheryl Bridges-Johns and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2012-02-23 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PCPJ MISSION STATEMENT To encourage, enable, and sustain peacemaking and justice seeking as authentic and integral aspects of Pentecostal Charismatic Christianity, witnessing to the conviction that Jesus Christ is relevant to all tensions, crises, and brokenness in the world. The PCPJ seeks to show that addressing injustice and making peace as Jesus and his followers did is theologically sound, biblically commanded, and realistically possible. Editorial Board Cheryl Bridges-Johns Pentecostal Theological Seminary Anthea Butler University of Pennsylvania Jong Hyun Jung University of Southern California Martin Mittelstadt Evangel University Dario Lopez Rodriguez Gamaliel Biblical Seminary of the Church of God, Lima, Peru Paul Alexander, Managing Editor Azusa Pacific University Assistant Editors Erica Ramirez Wheaton College Brian K. Pipkin Mennonite Disaster Services Robert G. Reid Brite Divinity School
Download or read book Pentecostals and Nonviolence written by Paul Alexander and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2012-11-09 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pentecostals and Nonviolence explores how a distinctly Pentecostal-charismatic peace witness might be reinvigorated and sustained in the twenty-first century. To do so, the book examines the nature of the early Pentecostal commitment to nonviolence, and investigates the possibilities that might emerge from Pentecostals and Anabaptists entering into conversation and worship with each other. Contributors engage the arguments surrounding the heritage of Pentecostal pacifism in the United States and then move toward exploring nonviolence and peacemaking as crucial for contemporary Christianity as a whole. Ranging from theology, testimony, and pastoral ministry to interchurch relations, activism, and protest, this diverse collection of essays challenge and invite the whole church to the task of peacemaking while exploring the distinctive, and often neglected, contributions from the Pentecostal-charismatic tradition.
Download or read book In the Days of Caesar written by Amos Yong and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2010-09-14 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Days of Caesar is a constructive political theology formulated in sustained dialogue with the Pentecostal and charismatic renewal one of the most vibrant religious movements at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Amos Yong here argues that the many tongues, practices, and gifts of renewal Christianity offer up new resources for thinking about how Christian community can engage and transform the social, political, and economic structures of the world. Yong has three goals here. First he seeks to correct stereotypes of Pentecostalism, both political and theological. Secondly he aims to provoke Pentecostals to reflect theologically from out of the depths of their own Pentecostalism rather than merely to adopt some framework for theological or political self-understanding. Finally Yong shows that a distinctively Pentecostal form of theological reflection is not a parochial activity but has constructive potential to illuminate Christian belief and practice. This book s engagement with political theology from a Pentecostal perspective is the first of its kind.
Download or read book Profiles of Pentecostal Theology written by Christopher A. Stephenson and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-10-25 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume of literature in pentecostal theology has quickly become daunting. This brief monograph brings readers up to speed on the characteristics of pentecostal theology in the past and present, as well as its potential in the future.
Download or read book Pentecostal Theology and Jonathan Edwards written by Amos Yong and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-14 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings 'America's theologian' and one of the fastest growing forms of Christianity into dialogue. Edwards is a fruitful source for Pentecostal investigation for historical and theological reasons. Edwards and Pentecostals descend from a common historical tradition-North American Evangelicalism. From revivalism and religious/charismatic experience to pneumatology they also share common theological interests. Though sharing a common history and core theological concerns, no critical conversation between Pentecostals and Edwards and their fields of scholarship has occurred. This is the first volume that provides Pentecostal readings of Edwards' theology that contribute to Pentecostal theology and Edwards scholarship. The contributing essays offer examination of affections and the Spirit, God and Salvation, Church and culture; and mission and witness.
Download or read book Pax Pneuma written by Cheryl Bridges-Johns and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2009-03-24 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PCPJ MISSION STATEMENT To encourage, enable, and sustain peacemaking and justice seeking as authentic and integral aspects of Pentecostal Charismatic Christianity, witnessing to the conviction that Jesus Christ is relevant to all tensions, crises, and brokenness in the world. The PCPJ seeks to show that addressing injustice and making peace as Jesus and his followers did is theologically sound, biblically commanded, and realistically possible. Editorial Board Cheryl Bridges-Johns Pentecostal Theological Seminary Anthea Butler University of Pennsylvania Jong Hyun Jung University of Southern California Martin Mittelstadt Evangel University Dario Lopez Rodriguez Gamaliel Biblical Seminary of the Church of God, Lima, Peru Paul Alexander, Managing Editor Azusa Pacific University Assistant Editors Erica Ramirez Wheaton College Brian K. Pipkin Mennonite Disaster Services Robert G. Reid Brite Divinity School
Download or read book Holiness and Pentecostal Movements written by David Bundy and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2022-03-04 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the 1830s, Holiness and Pentecostal movements have had a significant influence on many Christian churches, and they have been a central force in producing what is known today as World Christianity. This book demonstrates the advantages of analyzing them in relation to one another. The Salvation Army, the Church of the Nazarene, the Wesleyan Church, and the Free Methodist Church identify strongly with the Holiness Movement. The Assemblies of God and the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World identify just as strongly with the Pentecostal Movement. Complicating matters, denominations such as the Church of God (Cleveland), the International Holiness Pentecostal Church, and the Church of God in Christ have harmonized Holiness and Pentecostalism. This book, the first in the new series Studies in the Holiness and Pentecostal Movements, examines these complex relationships in a multidisciplinary fashion. Building on previous scholarship, the contributors provide new ways of understanding the relationships, influences, and circulation of ideas among these movements in the United States, the United Kingdom, India, and Southeast and East Asia. In addition to the editors, the contributors are Kimberly Ervin Alexander, Insik Choi, Robert A. Danielson, Chris E. W. Green, Henry H. Knight III, Frank D. Macchia, Luther Oconer, Cheryl J. Sanders, and Daniel Woods.
Download or read book The Theology of Amos Yong and the New Face of Pentecostal Scholarship written by Wolfgang Vondey and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2013-06-15 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Theology of Amos Yong and the New Face of Pentecostal Scholarship, Wolfgang Vondey and Martin William Mittelstadt gather a table of experts on one of the most influential voices in current Pentecostal theology. The authors provide an introduction and critical assessment of Yong’s biblical foundations, hermeneutics, epistemology, philosophical presuppositions, trinitarian theology, theology of religions, ecumenical and interfaith relations, theology of disability, engagement with contemporary culture, and participation in the theology and science conversation. These diverse topics are pursued through the complementary perspectives that together shape Yong’s methodology: pneumatology, pentecostalism, and the possibility of renewal. The contributors invite a more thorough reading of Yong’s work and propose a more substantial engagement with the new face of Pentecostal scholarship. Contributors include Andrew Carver, Jacob D. Dodson, Jeff Hittenberger, Mark Mann, Martin William Mittelstadt, L. William Oliverio, Jr., David A. Reed, Tony Richie, Christopher A. Stephenson, Steven M. Studebaker, Paraskevè (Eve) Tibbs, and Wolfgang Vondey.
Download or read book Theology of Migration in the Abrahamic Religions written by E. Padilla and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-10-02 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an indispensable voice in the scholarly conversation on migration. It shows how migration has shaped and has been shaped by the three Abrahamic religions - -Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. No theory of migration will be complete unless the theological insights of these religions are seriously taken into account.
Download or read book Paul Tillich and Pentecostal Theology written by Nimi Wariboko and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2015-11-17 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul Tillich (1886–1965) is widely regarded as one of the most influential theologians of the 20th century. By bringing his thought together with the theology and practices of an important contemporary Christian movement, Pentecostalism, this volume provokes active, productive, critical, and creative dialogue with a broad range of theological topics. These essays stimulate robust conversation, engage on common ground regarding the work of the Holy Spirit, and offer significant insights into the universal concerns of Christian theology and Paul Tillich and his legacy.
Download or read book Types of Pentecostal Theology written by Christopher A. Stephenson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-10 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the first critical study of the major theologians of pentecostalism, Christopher A. Stephenson establishes four original categories to classify pentecostal theologians' methodologies in systematic/constructive theology. The four categories are based on the arrangement of biblical texts, the relationship between theology and Christian spirituality, doctrine concerning the kingdom of God, and pneumatology as a basis for philosphical and fundamental theology. Stephenson analyzes each methodological type and also offers his own original contribution that argues for a reciprocal relationship between pentecostal spirituality and doctrine that follows the pattern of lex orandi, lex credendi, using the Lord's supper to demonstrate this reciprocal relationship." -- back
Download or read book Pax Pneuma written by Cheryl Bridges-Johns and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2012-02-23 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PCPJ MISSION STATEMENT To encourage, enable, and sustain peacemaking and justice seeking as authentic and integral aspects of Pentecostal Charismatic Christianity, witnessing to the conviction that Jesus Christ is relevant to all tensions, crises, and brokenness in the world. The PCPJ seeks to show that addressing injustice and making peace as Jesus and his followers did is theologically sound, biblically commanded, and realistically possible. Editorial Board Cheryl Bridges-Johns Pentecostal Theological Seminary Anthea Butler University of Pennsylvania Jong Hyun Jung University of Southern California Martin Mittelstadt Evangel University Dario Lopez Rodriguez Gamaliel Biblical Seminary of the Church of God, Lima, Peru Paul Alexander, Managing Editor Azusa Pacific University Assistant Editors Erica Ramirez Wheaton College Brian K. Pipkin Mennonite Disaster Services Robert G. Reid Brite Divinity School
Download or read book Pax Pneuma written by Cheryl Bridges-Johns and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2009-11-01 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PCPJ MISSION STATEMENT To encourage, enable, and sustain peacemaking and justice seeking as authentic and integral aspects of Pentecostal Charismatic Christianity, witnessing to the conviction that Jesus Christ is relevant to all tensions, crises, and brokenness in the world. The PCPJ seeks to show that addressing injustice and making peace as Jesus and his followers did is theologically sound, biblically commanded, and realistically possible. Editorial Board Cheryl Bridges-Johns Pentecostal Theological Seminary Anthea Butler University of Pennsylvania Jong Hyun Jung University of Southern California Martin Mittelstadt Evangel University Dario Lopez Rodriguez Gamaliel Biblical Seminary of the Church of God, Lima, Peru Paul Alexander, Managing Editor Azusa Pacific University Assistant Editors Erica Ramirez Wheaton College Brian K. Pipkin Mennonite Disaster Services Robert G. Reid Brite Divinity School
Download or read book Compassionate Justice written by Christopher D. Marshall and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two parables that have become firmly lodged in popular consciousness and affection are the parable of the Good Samaritan and the parable of the Prodigal Son. These simple but subversive tales have had a significant impact historically on shaping the spiritual, aesthetic, moral, and legal traditions of Western civilization, and their capacity to inform debate on a wide range of moral and social issues remains as potent today as ever. Noting that both stories deal with episodes of serious interpersonal offending, and both recount restorative responses on the part of the leading characters, Compassionate Justice draws on the insights of restorative justice theory, legal philosophy, and social psychology to offer a fresh reading of these two great parables. It also provides a compelling analysis of how the priorities commended by the parables are pertinent to the criminal justice system today. The parables teach that the conscientious cultivation of compassion is essential to achieving true justice. Restorative justice strategies, this book argues, provide a promising and practical means of attaining to this goal of reconciling justice with compassion.
Download or read book In the Form of a God written by Andrew Perriman and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2022-11-04 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The central question addressed in this book is whether Paul thought that Christ Jesus pre-existed in heaven, "in the form of God," through whom all things were made, before being sent into the world to be born of a woman, in the likeness of sinful flesh. A significant body of scholarship these days, both conservative and critical, supports the view that he did. Andrew Perriman examines the assumptions and reasoning that underlie this consensus, and makes a thorough and innovative case for reading the relevant texts from the narrow and distinctive perspective of the gentile mission. How would pagans and post-pagan believers have heard and retold the back-story of the one whom they knew only as the exalted Lord who would one day rule the nations? Such an angle of enquiry sheds fascinating, and sometimes quite startling, new light on the many exegetical difficulties that attend this aspect of Paul's Christology--not least in respect of the opening lines of the extraordinary Christ encomium in his letter to the Philippians. But it also yields compelling insight into the significance of Jesus for the Pauline mission and, indeed, for the ancient pagan world.
Download or read book Evangelical Theologies of Liberation and Justice written by Mae Elise Cannon and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many evangelicals, liberation theology seems a distant notion. Some might think it is antithetical to evangelicalism, while others simply may be unfamiliar with the role evangelicals have played in the development of liberation theologies and their profound effect on Latin American, African American, and other global subaltern Christian communities. Despite the current rise in evangelicals focusing on justice work as an element of their faith, evangelical theologians have not adequately developed a theological foundation for this kind of activism.Evangelical Theologies of Liberation and Justice fills this gap by bringing together the voices of academics, activists, and pastors to articulate evangelical liberation theologies from diverse perspectives. Through critical engagement, these contributors consider what liberation theology and evangelical tenets of faith have to offer one another. Evangelical thinkers—including Soong-Chan Rah, Chanequa Walker-Barnes, Robert Chao Romero, Paul Louis Metzger, and Alexia Salvatierra—survey the history and outlines of liberation theology and cover topics such as race, gender, region, body type, animal rights, and the importance of community. Scholars, students, and churches who seek to engage in reflection and action around issues of biblical justice will find here a unique and insightful resource. Evangelical Theologies of Liberation and Justice opens a conversation for developing a specifically evangelical view of liberation that speaks to the critical justice issues of our time.
Download or read book Mysterion Seeking Understanding written by Ian S. Markham and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2022-10-21 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The common misconception is that first came the church and then came the sacraments. The reality is that first came God's grace and then came the church and then the church found visible ways to see the invisible grace God bestows. The resulting perspective shift puts Christ where Paul would have us put him, as the head of the church and author or our salvation. This book invites us to see and write about the sacraments not as mere band aids to the problems we face but as lenses for examining our church. Some of the authors delve deep into intellectual conceptions while others make plain what has always seemed so extravagant. The thread they all hold onto however is the desire to help the reader see sacramentality as something wonderous rather than archaic; and to find deep value for sacramentality and the visible signs of God's invisible grace.
