An Amos Yong Reader: The Pentecostal Spirit
Ebook
Overview
Amos Yong is the most prolific pentecostal theologian to date, and his published works are so many that it is difficult to find an amiable entry point into his thought. An Amos Yong Reader is the first introduction to Yong’s theology in his own words. It brings into one volume representative samples of the broad range of Yong’s scholarship, including theology of religions, religion and science, theology and disability, political theology, Luke-Acts, and theological method. Christopher A. Stephenson, perhaps Yong’s most insightful interpreter, provides an introductory essay that both orients readers to Yong’s extensive theological program and identifies the most important key to understanding Yong’s theology as his most neglected work, Spirit-Word-Community, a book with implications far beyond the boundaries of Pentecostalism. An Amos Yong Reader provides an overview of Yong’s thought and a starting point for more thorough study in any of the major themes in his expansive corpus.
“In the days when mainstream theologians treated Pentecostalism
with disdain, Yong’s scholarship gave birth to twins—systematized
pentecostal theology and sophistication. In this scholarship
pentecostal thinkers find their most intimate voice, and the global
academy witnesses a splendid realization of the potentials of
pentecostal theology. This book is a concrete evidence of all
these.”
—Nimi Wariboko, Walter G. Muelder Professor of Social Ethics,
Boston University, author of The Pentecostal Hypothesis: Christ
Talks, They Decide
“Finally, a representative collection of Amos Yong’s
writings in a single place! This Reader will delight
newcomers and seasoned scholars of Pentecostalism alike by offering
a selection of Yong’s most notable essays as entry points to his
prolific work. Yong’s writing speaks for itself—what Stephenson
offers is a firework of topics and ideas highlighting the
pioneering work of one of Pentecostalism’s premier
theologians.”
—Wolfgang Vondey, Professor of Christian Theology and Pentecostal
Studies, University of Birmingham
“Christopher Stephenson has done a great favor to all of those who
want to dive into the vast corpus of the world’s leading global
pentecostal theologian, Amos Yong. This reader provides access to
Yong’s rich and broad work, which will become essential reading for
students of pentecostal theology in particular, and Christian
theology in general, in the coming decades.”
—L. William Oliverio Jr., Associate Academic Dean and Chair of
Graduate Studies, The School of Urban Missions Bible College &
Theological Seminary
- Title: An Amos Yong Reader: The Pentecostal Spirit
- Authors: Amos Yong, Christopher A. Stephenson
- Publisher: Cascade Books
- Print Publication Date: 2020
- Logos Release Date: 2020
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781725250918, 9781725250895, 9781725250901, 1725250918, 1725250896, 172525090X
- Resource ID: LLS:9781725250918
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-12-11T01:25:49Z
Amos Yong is Dean of the School of Theology and the School of
Intercultural Studies and Professor of Theology and Mission at
Fuller Theological Seminary.
Christopher A. Stephenson is Assistant Professor of Systematic
Theology at Lee University. He is author of Types of Pentecostal
Theology and articles in several theological and ecumenical
journals. A foremost scholar of global Pentecostalism, his current
research includes a monograph on baptism and the Lord’s Supper in
pneumatological perspective and, both with E. J. Brill, an edited
book titled Pentecostal Theology and Ecumenical Theology and
a volume in the series, Research Perspectives.