Discerning the Spirit(s): A Pentecostal-Charismatic Contribution to Christian Theology of Religions

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A&C Black, 2000 M11 1 - 392 páginas
Efforts to construct a Christian theology of religions have inevitably stumbled on the Christian scandal of particularity-the historical Jesus of Nazareth. What, however, if we began by focusing on the universal presence and activity of God in the world as symbolized by the Holy Spirit? Yong develops just such a pneumatological approach to religions, drawing, by way of resource, on the Pentecostal-charismatic experience of the Spirit. This book thus invites Pentecostals, charismatics and other Christians to conceive of how a pneumatological approach to religions can invigorate the wider ecumenical conversation. At the same time, it also brings recent Pentecostal-charismatic scholarship into dialogue with a broader audience, including those interested in philosophical theology, world religions, global spiritualities, and comparative religion and theology.

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Acknowledgments
12
Chapter 1
21
Methodology and Outline
28
Chapter 2
37
17
44
26
53
Introduction
59
Chapter 3
65
Chapter 6
185
Why Pentecostals and Charismatics Need and Should Desire
206
Chapter 7
221
A PentecostalCharismatic Approach
243
Chapter 8
257
The Umbandist Tradition
264
Unveiling the Spirits Religious Symbolism in Umbanda
272
A Pentecostal Dialogue with Umbanda
287

Chapter 4
97
Promise and Problems in a Pneumatological Theology
133
Chapter 5
151
An Initial Attempt at a Pneumatological
161
Toward a PentecostalCharismatic Pneumatology
170
Chapter 9
310
Bibliography
325
Index of References
375
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Amos Young is the Associate Professor of Theology at Bethel College and the author of Beyond the Impasse: Toward a Pneumatological Theology of Religions.

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