From Pentecost to the Triune God: A Pentecostal Trinitarian Theology
Overview
In From Pentecost to the Triune God, Steven Studebaker puts forth a provocative Pentecostal Trinitarian theology, arguing that the Holy Spirit completes the fellowship of the triune God and therefore shapes the identities of the Father and the Son. The Holy Spirit is not simply a passive end-product of a procession from the Father and Son but, rather, a dynamic person who plays an active role in the Trinity and a constitutional, consummational role in the history of redemption.
In the course of his study, Studebaker shows the theological yield of the Pentecostal experience of the Holy Spirit and uncovers the biblical narratives of the Spirit from creation to Pentecost. A constructive and ecumenical contribution to Trinitarian theology, From Pentecost to the Triune God also engages major historical and contemporary figures such as Augustine, the Cappadocians, Weinandy, and Zizioulas, as well as representatives from the evangelical and charismatic traditions. Finally, Studebaker applies his Pentecostal Trinitarian theology to the theology of religions and creation care, proposing that Christians embrace an inclusive posture toward people of other religious traditions and have an earth orientation that sees creation care as Christian formation.
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Key Features
- Encourages a positive view of creation care
- Analyzes the nature of the Holy Spirit
- Incorporates the views of both historical and contemporary figures
Contents
- A Pentecostal Approach to the Trinity
- The Holy Spirit and the Trinity
- Eastern and Western Trinitarian Theology
- Reformed Evangelical Trinitarian Theology
- Charismatic Trinitarian Theology
- The Spirit of Pentecost and Theology of Religions
- The Spirit of Pentecost and Creation
Top Highlights
“Pentecostals have intuitively sensed that their experience and theology are interrelated, but they have not always effectively identified the theological rationale for that interrelationship or drawn out its theological implications.” (Page 11)
“Part of the problem of traditional pneumatology is that the Spirit’s identity is often vague and derived from a theory of inner Trinitarian processions rather than the accounts of the Spirit in Scripture.” (Page 5)
“Scripture, therefore, recognizes the role of experience (both of individuals and of a community of faith) that eventually becomes tradition in the process of developing religious identity.” (Page 18)
“Without correspondence between what God does in the economy of redemption and who God is in the immanent Trinity, theological discourse cannot speak meaningfully about God.” (Page 4)
“Experience can sometimes point to a better understanding and embodiment of biblical truth than can the received interpretation of Scripture.” (Page 23)
- Title: From Pentecost to the Triune God: A Pentecostal Trinitarian Theology
- Author: Steven M. Studebaker
- Series: Pentecostal Manifestos
- Publisher: Eerdmans
- Print Publication Date: 2012
- Logos Release Date: 2016
- Pages: 291
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Trinity; Holy Spirit; Pentecostal churches › Doctrines
- ISBNs: 9780802865304, 0802865305
- Resource ID: LLS:PNTCSTTRNGD
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T02:17:08Z