Pentecostal Theology and Jonathan Edwards
Pentecostal Theology and Jonathan Edwards
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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN: 9780567698902
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 20/05/2021
Width: 15.6 cm
Height: 23.4 cm
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.
Contributors
Preface
Introduction: Tongues of Pentecost: The Pneumatological Nexus of Pentecostal and Edwardsean Theology - Steven M. Studebaker, McMaster Divinity College, Canada
Part One: Affections and the Spirit
Chapter 1: “True Religion, in Great Part, Consists of Holy Affections”: A Critical Comparison of the Biblical Hermeneutics of Jonathan Edwards and Pentecostal — L. William Oliverio, SUM Bible College and Theological Seminary, USA
Chapter 2: Verification and Speculation: Understanding and Affection in Jonathan Edwards and Pentecostal Theology - Christopher A. Stephenson, Lee University, USA
Chapter 3: Divine Action and Divine Affections: Jonathan Edwards the Pentecostal and Process Theologian - Joshua D. Reichard, Valley Christian Schools, USA
Chapter 4: Discerning the Signs of the Spirit: Pentecostal Experience Engages Edwardsian Religious Affections - David J. Courey, Continental Theological Seminary, Belgium
Part Two: God and Salvation
Chapter 5: The Holy Spirit and the Trinity: A Pentecostal Improvement on Edwards - Steven M. Studebaker, McMaster Divinity College, Canada
Chapter 6: Divine and Human Excellencies: Jonathan Edwards and the Challenge of Spirit Christology - Gerald R. McDermott, Beeson Divinity School, USA
Chapter 7: The Spirit of Power and Love: Edwards and Pentecostals on Constructive Pneumatology - Andrew K. Gabriel, Horizon College and Seminary, Canada
Chapter 8: Transformation by the Spirit in Justification and Sanctification - James M. Henderson, Regent University, USA
Part Three: Church and Culture
Chapter 9: Edwardsian Charismatic Ecclesiology: The Spirit as Gift - Lisa P. Stephenson, Lee University, USA
Chapter 10: Edwards Against Himself? Conflicting Appeals to the Writings of Jonathan Edwards During the 1990s Pentecostal-Charismatic Revivals in Toronto and Pensacola - Michael J. McClymond, Saint Louis University, USA
Chapter 11: Edwards and Aesthetics: A Critical and Constructive Pentecostal Appropriation - Edmund J. Rybarczyk, Independent Scholar, USA
Part Four: Mission and Witness
Chapter 12: Jonathan Edwards, Pentecostals, and the Missionary Encounter with Native Americans - Angela Tarango, Trinity University, USA
Chapter 13: The Grand Design of God in All Divine Operations: Pentecostal Retrieval of Jonathan Edwards’ Distinctive Contribution to the Positive Significance of Non-Christian Religions - Tony Richie, Pentecostal Theological Seminary, USA
Chapter 14: Voices Crying Out in the Wilderness and the Public Square: Redirecting Jonathan Edwards’ Teleology of the Political after Pentecost - Amos Yong, Fuller Theological Seminary, USA
Responses
Chapter 15: The Promise of Edwardsian Theology - Oliver D. Crisp, Fuller Theological Seminary, USA
Chapter 16: The Surprising Work of God Continues - Amy Plantinga Pauw, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, USA
Chapter 17: “Some Thoughts” on the Retrieval of Jonathan Edwards by Pentecostals - Robert W. Caldwell III, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, USA
Bibliography
Index
An interesting and well constructed book. * Theology * While academic Pentecostal theology, especially in North America, tends to distance itself from the alliance sealed by the movement with evangelical theology in the mid 20th century, this book has the merit to open a dialogue on other bases. * Istina (Bloomsbury Translation) * This is a fine book, especially in its descriptions of the theologies of Edwards and the Pentecostals, and in its attempt to analyse Edwards' theological connection to the Pentecostals. * European Journal of Theology * I enthusiastically recommend this book for anyone interested in Edwards studies but even more, for seekers of spiritual renewal wary of the theological challenges commonly hindering a vibrant and healthy Christian faith. * Journal of Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity *
