Pentecostal Theology and the Christian Spiritual Tradition

by Chan, Simon

• ISBN13: 9781841271446
• ISBN10: 1841271446
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-07-01
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Academic

Summary

This book deals with the problem of Pentecostal 'traditioning'. Traditioning has been ineffective thus far because the richness of Pentecostal faith and experience has been inadequately captured in the classical Pentecostal doctrines of Spirit-baptism and glossolalia. A more adequate understanding of the key theological symbol of Pentecostalism, glossolalia, emerges when it is interpreted in the light of Christian spiritual tradition. Within this larger tradition glossolalia can be seen as bringing together both the ascetical and contemplative dimensions of the Christian life. Chan thus explores the shape of Pentecostal ecclesiology as 'traditioning community'.

Table of Contents

Introduction	7	(10)
The Traditioning Process	17	(23)
The Nature of Traditioning	17	(2)
The Problems of Pentecostal Traditioning	19	(5)
The Need for Systematization	24	(7)
The Place for Spiritual Theology	31	(7)
Conclusion	38	(2)
Glossolalia as `Initial Evidence'	40	(33)
A Biblical Perspective of Spirit-Baptism	46	(4)
A Theological Perspective of Spirit-Baptism	50	(7)
A Cultural-Linguistic Perspective of Spirit-Baptism	57	(6)
Spirit-Baptism as Spirituality	63	(8)
Spirit-Baptism as a Theological Perspective	71	(2)
Pentecostal Asceticism	73	(24)
Spirit-Baptism and the Three Ways	73	(4)
Ascetical Tongues	77	(5)
Profile of a Pentecostal Ascetic	82	(3)
The Doctrine of Subsequence	85	(12)
Pentecostal Ecclesiology	97	(23)
The Prior Existence of the Church	97	(11)
Eschatology and the Church	108	(8)
The Pentecostal Reality and Everyday Life	116	(4)
Bibliography	120	(7)
Index of References	127	(1)
Index of Authors	128