Table of Contents
Acknowledgments viii
Introduction xi
1 Pentecostal and Charismatic Approaches to Practical Theology 1
1.1 Introduction 1
1.2 Formation, Worship, and Ministry 4
1.3 Liberation Theology 14
1.4 Empirical Theology 21
1.5 Conclusion 30
2 Scripture, Experience, and the Holy Spirit in Practical Theology 32
2.1 Introduction 32
2.2 Scripture and Practical Theology 34
2.2.1 Identifying a Typology 34
2.2.2 The Bible in Pastoral Practice Project 41
2.2.3 Reflection on Academic Practice 43
2.2.4 Excursus: Toward a Practical-Theological Reading of Scripture 45
2.3 Experience and Pneumatology in Practical Theology 47
2.3.1 The Nature of Experience 47
2.3.2 Reflection on Experience 51
2.3.3 The Role of Pneumatology 53
2.4 Conclusion 58
3 The Mediation of the Holy Spirit 60
3.1 Introduction 60
3.2 Mediation, Pentecostal Experience, and the Holy Spirit 62
3.2.1 Mediation 64
3.2.2 Pentecostal Experience and Mediation 65
3.2.3 Observations, Comments, and Questions 73
3.3 Mediation and the Holy Spirit in Protestant Perspective 76
3.4 Conclusion 87
4 Pentecost and the Acts of the Apostles 88
4.1 Introduction 88
4.2 The Day of Pentecost 90
4.2.1 Mediation of the Holy Spirit 90
4.2.2 Scripture 98
4.2.3 Ecclesial Community 101
4.3 The Holy Spirit Reception Narratives in Acts 103
4.3.1 Acts 8:5-25: The Samaritans 103
4.3.2 Acts 9:1-193: Saul's Conversion 104
4.3.3 Acts 10:236-48: The Household of Cornelius 105
4.3.4 Acts 15:1-29: The Jerusalem Council 106
4.3.5 Acts 19:1-7: The Ephesian Disciples 108
4.4 The Mediation of the Holy Spirit 109
4.5 An Agenda for Interventions in Practical Theology 113
4.5.1 Ecclesial Practices 113
4.5.2 Theological Loci 116
4.6 Conclusion 118
5 Ecclesial Practices in Practical Theology 120
5.1 Introduction 120
5.2 A Congregational Study 121
5.2.1 Theoretical Framework 122
5.2.2 Ecclesial Practices, Biblical Texts, and Pneumatology 125
5.2.3 Critical Observations 129
5.3 Intervention 132
5.3.1 The Ethiopian Eunuch 132
5.3.2 Pentecost 136
5.4 Conclusion 139
6 Soteriological Discourse in Practical Theology 141
6.1 Introduction 141
6.2 Soteriological Discourse 143
6.3 Critical Analysis 149
6.4 Reflections from Pentecostal Soteriology 151
6.5 Intervention 156
6.5.1 Recipients 156
6.5.2 Nature 159
6.5.3 Process 161
6.6 Conclusion 163
Conclusion 164
A Pentecostal Manifesto for Practical Theology 167
Name Index 171
Subject Index 173
