Renewing the Church by the Spirit: Theological Education after Pentecost (Theological Education between the Times)

by Amos Yong

Publisher:

Eerdmans

, 2020

Overview

In most parts of the world and especially where Christianity is flourishing, Pentecostal and charismatic movements predominate. What would it look like for the Western world—beset by the narrative of decline—to participate in this global Spirit-driven movement? According to Amos Yong, it all needs to start with the way we approach theological education.

Renewing the Church by the Spirit makes the case for elevating pneumatology in Christian life, allowing the Spirit to reinvigorate church and mission. Yong shows how this approach would attend to both the rapidly deinstitutionalizing forms of twenty-first-century Christianity and the pressing need for authentic spiritual experiences that marks contemporary religious life. He begins with a broad assessment of our postmodern, post-Enlightenment, post-Christendom ecclesial context, before moving into a detailed outline of how a Spirit-filled approach to theological education—its curriculum, pedagogy, and scholarship—can meet the ecclesial and missional demands of this new age.

Key Features

• Proposes an elevation of pneumatology in Christian life
• Explores how a Spirit-filled approach to theological education can meet the ecclesial and missional demands of this new age
• Provides a broad assessment of our postmodern, post-Enlightenment, post-Christendom ecclesial context

Contents

Part I. Church amid World Christianities: The Heart and Soul of Theological Education

• Theological Education and the (Western) Church as the Body of Christ
• Theological Expansion of the Church Catholic as the People of God
• Theological Transformation of the Church as the Fellowship of the Spirit

Part II. Witness in Global Contexts: The Hands and Works of Theological Transformation

• Missional Information: Publicizing the Coming Age
• Market Reformation: Materializing the Jubilee Spirit
• Personal Formation: Participating in the Triune Community

Part III. Academy in an Open World: The Mind and Task of Theological Exploration

• Theological Curriculum: Teaching (through) the Spirit of Truth
• Theological Pedagogy: Learning in the Spirit of Wisdom
• Theological Scholarship: Renewing the Mind by the Spirit
• For Further Thought

Top Highlights

“What has the Spirit done? What might the Spirit be doing? What would the Spirit do? What would the Spirit wish for or empower us to do?” (Page 4)

“Learning is not fully realized until it is articulated. Theological pedagogy will promote such articulation in ways that enhance experiential and dialogical learning.” (Page 109)

“First, theological pedagogies will need to transition from being Eurocentric to being multi-and cross-cultural.” (Page 107)

Product Details

• Title: Renewing the Church by the Spirit: Theological Education after Pentecost
• Author: Amos Yong
• Series: Theological Education between the Times
• Publisher: Eerdmans
• Print Publication Date: 2020
• Logos Release Date: 2020
• Pages: 151
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Theology › Study and teaching; Pentecostalism
• ISBNs: 9780802878403, 0802878407
• Resource ID: LLS:RNWNGCHRCHSPRT
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T02:45:44Z

About Amos Yong

Amos Yong (PhD, Boston University) is professor of theology and mission and director of the Center for Missiological Research at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. He is the author or editor of over two dozen books, including Spirit of Love: A Trinitarian Theology of Grace, Afro-Pentecostalism: Black Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity in History and Culture (coedited with Estrelda Alexander), Science and the Spirit: A Pentecostal Engagement with the Sciences (coedited with James K. A. Smith) and The Spirit Poured Out on All Flesh: Pentecostalism and the Possibility of Global Theology. Yong is a member of the the American Academy of Religion, the Christian Theological Research Fellowship, and the Society for Pentecostal Studies. He is also a licensed minister with the General Council of the Assemblies of God.