The Spiritual Soul: New Pentecostal Insights on the Human Being
Ebook
What is the human soul? What does it do? How does it relate to the brain and body? What is happening in the soul when a person encounters the Holy Spirit? These are some of the questions addressed in The Spiritual Soul as it advances towards its overall goal of proposing a (re)new(ed) Pentecostal/Charismatic understanding of what constitutes a human being. In pursuing this overarching intention, Churchouse responds to the anthropology of two leading Pentecostal scholars, Amos Yong and Veli-Matti Karkkainen--specifically their theological models concerning what a human is constituted / essentially "made up" of--to offer an enhanced Pentecostal model in preference to their monistic view. Drawing upon the sources of biblical studies, the philosophy of mind, and upon the pneumatology that flows from Pentecostal spirituality, Churchouse advances a renewed understanding of the human soul--one illumined by the spirit and the Spirit--to engender his distinctive Pentecostal model of human constitution.
“The Spiritual Soul beautifully draws a Pentecostal model of the human constitution that owes as much to the ancient notion of the soul as to contemporary Pentecostal sensitivities of the spirit. Churchouse advances a Pentecostal anthropology that has significant philosophical, ethical, metaphysical, and spiritual implications for not only our understanding of the human being but the encounter of the human soul with God.”
—Wolfgang Vondey, professor of Christian theology and Pentecostal studies, University of Birmingham
“Churchouse’s book provides a significant contribution to the discussion of the human constitution in Pentecostal theology. It challenges ‘emergent monism’ and provides a renewed dualist position. The thesis of the book is that the human constitution should be regarded in terms of ‘Enspiritable Holistic Dualism.’ Churchouse brings an important voice to the conversation that has the potential to change it completely. I commend this book to scholars and students alike.”
—Mark J. Cartledge, professor of practical theology, London School of Theology
“Churchouse offers a renewed model for human ontology. His ‘Enspiritable Holistic Dualism’ is a creative construction of human constitution, which is not only sensitive to Pentecostal spirituality but is biblically based, theologically informed, and philosophically robust. It is an alternative to the ‘emergent monism’ of Amos Yong and Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen and is to date the most comprehensive defense and development of Pentecostal substance dualism.”
—Simo Frestadius, dean of research, Regents Theological College
- Title: The Spiritual Soul: New Pentecostal Insights on the Human Being
- Author: Matthew J. Churchouse
- Publisher: Pickwick Publications
- Print Publication Date: 2024
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781666781397, 9781666781380, 166678138X, 9781666781373, 1666781371, 1666781398
- Resource ID: LLS:9781666781397
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-05-07T23:33:26Z
Matthew J. Churchouse (PhD) is a priest in the Church of England and serves as the minister of St. Bede Church, Brandwood, and St. Mary Magdalen Church, Hazelwell. He has published a variety of scholarly journal articles and he blogs at mattchurchouse.substack.com.