Christianity's center of gravity has tilted from the Euro-American West to the global South. Driving this shift is the emergence of charismatic renewal movements among Protestant, Roman Catholic, and Orthodox churches. This reshaping of the theological landscape has inspired prominent theologian Amos Yong to construct a cutting-edge theology for the twenty-first century. Within a Pentecostal and evangelical framework, Yong's Renewing Christian Theology is a primer on how to think theologically in a global context.
Students seeking an introduction to systematic theology will not only discover the treasures of the tradition but will also encounter a revolutionary pastoral theology that bridges Pentecostal, charismatic, evangelical, and ecumenical traditions. Yong's theological imagination prioritizes Christian hope, gifts of the Spirit, baptism, sanctification, and healing. Renewing Christian Theology unveils an inclusive theology conversant with contemporary theological movements—theology and science, contextual theologies, intercultural theologies, theology and disability, public theologies, theology and the arts, and theological aesthetics. Renewing Christian Theology is theology for the twenty-first-century church.
Amos Yong (Ph.D. Boston University) is Professor of Theology and Mission and director of the Center for Missiological Research at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California.
Jonathan A. Anderson is Associate Professor of Art at Biola University.
Table of Contents
Preface
1. Introduction: Renewing Christian Theology - the Contemporary Task in Global Context 2. The Last Days and the End of Time: Christian Hope Then and Now 3. The Gifts of the Holy Spirit: Christian Ministry and the Mission of God 4. The Baptism in the Holy Spirit: A Salvation-Historical Perspective 5. Sanctification and Holiness: In the World But Not of It 6. Ordinances and Sacraments: Practicing the Christian Life 7. The Church and Its Mission: The Spirit of the Reconciling God 8. Divine Healing: Salvation of the Body and Redemption of the World 9. Salvation in Christ through the Spirit: An Eschatological Soteriology 10. Creation and Fall: Natural History and the Redemptive Ends of God 11. The Eternal Godhead: The Mystery of the Triune God in a World of Many Faiths 12. The Spirit-Inspired Scriptures: Biblical Authority and Theological Methods for Us and Our Salvation
Here at last is a vibrant theological text that systematically addresses the big intellectual challenges confronting twenty-first-century Pentecostals and charismatics. Every chapter bursts with constructive ideas, bringing biblical exposition and theological themes to bear on the doctrinal statements that define the Church’s long renewal.
Peter C. Phan
No doubt this book will be a landmark work in Renewal Theology and spark a spirited conversation about the role of Pentecostal theology in ecumenical and interreligious dialogue.
Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen
This remarkable book introduces and creatively reconstructs a Pentecostal summa in sympathetic and critical dialogue with the best of Christian heritage. No one interested in Pentecostal and Renewal movements can ignore this work.
Byron D. Klaus
Yong’s work brilliantly articulates what the world of Christian theology is fast becoming: the dawning reality that the 'regions beyond' have become the new center of Christianity. Renewing Christian Theology is a twenty-first-century expression of what it means to have 'good news for all people!'
Sammy Alfaro
Amos Yong delivers a forward-looking and pneumatologically grounded systematics of Renewal demonstrating its contribution to the wider theological academy and the global church.
William K. Kay
Here at last is a vibrant theological text that systematically addresses the big intellectual challenges confronting twenty-first-century Pentecostals and charismatics. Every chapter bursts with constructive ideas, bringing biblical exposition and theological themes to bear on the doctrinal statements that define the Church’s long renewal.
Don Thorsen
Yong reprioritizes the order of classic theological reasoning, beginning with eschatology, in order to emphasize Christ-centered and Spirit-empowered Christianity.
Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen
This remarkable book introduces and creatively reconstructs a Pentecostal summa in sympathetic and critical dialogue with the best of Christian heritage. No one interested in Pentecostal and Renewal movements can ignore this work.
