Beyond Pentecostalism

by Vondey, Wolfgang

• ISBN13: 9780802864017
• ISBN10: 0802864015
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-09-23
• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co

Summary

In This Third Volume of the groundbreaking Pentecostal Manifestos series, Wolfgang Vondey proposes that Pentecostalism has a crucial role to play in one of Christianity's greatest tasks-the formulation of a global theology.

Author Biography

Wolfgang Vondey is associate professor of systematic theology and director of the Center for Renewal Studies at Regent University School of Divinity, Virginia Beach, Virginia. His other books include People of Bread: Rediscovering Ecclesiology.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Abbreviations	p. xi
Introduction: Pentecostalism and Global Christianity in the Late Modern World	p. 1
The Crisis of Theology in the Late Modern World	p. 2
Integrating Pentecostalism in the Christian Agenda	p. 8
Revisioning the Theological Landscape	p. 13
Beyond Reason: Theology, Story, and the Crisis of the Imagination	p. 16
The Crisis of the Imagination	p. 17
The Pentecostal Story and the Revival of the Imagination	p. 26
Theology as Play of the Imagination	p. 34
Beyond Scripture: Sola Scriptura, Word of God, and the Crisis of Revelation	p. 47
The Crisis of Revelation	p. 48
Classical Pentecostalism and the Word of God	p. 57
The Play of Spirit, Word, and Community	p. 66
Beyond Doctrine: Trinity, Oneness, and the Crisis of the Creed	p. 78
The Crisis of the Creed	p. 78
Oneness Pentecostalism and the Articles of Faith	p. 88
The Reformulation of Doctrine and the Play of God	p. 98
Beyond Ritual: Structure, Liminality, and the Crisis of the Liturgy	p. 109
The Crisis of the Liturgy	p. 110
The Development of the Liturgy in Classical Pentecostalism	p. 119
The Liturgy as the Structure of Play	p. 129
Beyond Church: Ecclesiality, Culture, and the Crisis of Christendom	p. 141
The Crisis of Christendom	p. 142
Classical Pentecostalism and Post-Christendom Ecclesiology	p. 150
Church as the Playground of Cultures	p. 159
Beyond Orthodoxy: Pentecostalism, Renewal, and the Crisis of Play	p. 171
The Crisis of Play	p. 172
The Institutionalization of Classical Pentecostalism	p. 182
The Renewal of the Theological Agenda	p. 191
Postscript	p. 202
Notes	p. 204
Name Index	p. 261
Subject Index	p. 264
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