Kerygmatic Hermeneutics: Formulating a Pentecostal-Charismatic Practice of Reading Scripture in the Spirit in Community

by Swee Sum Lam

Publisher:

Wipf and Stock

, 2021

Overview

Kerygmatic Hermeneutics takes a reader at once into a concrete apprehension of God in his scriptural truth through flowing in the Spirit. With the Spirit working with Scripture, a reader navigates in a to-ing and fro-ing between the general claims of God and the patterns of his actions in the world, and the embodiment of these general claims in the concrete particularity of contemporary living. This to-ing and fro-ing shapes an embodied witness to the world. In this account, an interpretation of scriptural truth is incomplete until Christ is proclaimed in the power of the Spirit to bring life. This brings the world into an encounter with God. Kerygmatic Hermeneutics is an account of how one may make theology in the Pentecostal-charismatic tradition. This constructive theological account also yields a practice of interpretation of Scripture in a community of faith. This formulation of kerygmatic theology and its hermeneutical practice opens theology to empirical enquiry and spiritual discernment in a post-Christian western world. This account is also existentially relevant for the global south and east, especially where readers find themselves having to speak apologetically into diverse religious and spiritual practices in daily encounters.

Key Features

• Brings the world into an encounter with God.
• Yields a practice of interpretation of Scripture in a community of faith.
• Illustrates how Pentecostal-charismatic communities can prayerfully discern the Word of God.

Praise for the Print Edition

We can interpret Scripture responsibly by being both intimately attentive to the voice of the Holy Spirit and at the same time aware of the Bible’s otherness. Dr. Swee Sum Lam concretely illustrates how Pentecostal-charismatic communities can prayerfully discern the Word of God as they read Scripture for the sake of learning, correction, and transformation.

—Jean-Daniel Plüss, European Pentecostal Charismatic Research Association

Product Details

• Title: Kerygmatic Hermeneutics: Formulating a Pentecostal-Charismatic Practice of Reading Scripture in the Spirit in Community
• Author: Swee Sum Lam
• Publisher: Wipf and Stock
• Print Publication Date: 2021
• Pages: 238
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• ISBNs: 9781666701449, 1666701440, 9781666701456, 1666701459, 1666701467, 9781666701463
• Resource ID: LLS:KRYGMTCHRCMMNTY
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-10-24T23:56:31Z

About Swee Sum Lam

Swee Sum Lam, PhD (Finance), PhD (Theology), is a theologian and is appointed to the board of the Asian Pastoral Institute, Singapore. She was first trained as a chartered financial analyst and chartered accountant, and a professor of finance at the National University of Singapore. Swee Sum’s research interests lie in theological interpretation and Pentecostal-charismatic theology, and she works in the intersection of theology and social sciences, markets, and business.