Pentecostal Formation: A Pedagogy among the Oppressed

by Cheryl Bridges Johns

Publisher:

Wipf and Stock

, 2010

Overview

The Pentecostal movement has been subject to some negative external assumptions. In this enlightening and challenging book, Cheryl Bridges Johns argues that, in fact, Pentecostals employ a powerful process of formation of catechesis, which has enabled millions of believers to own and articulate the Christian story. She engages dialectically with the work of Paulo Freire, a specialist in education among the marginalized. As well as looking more broadly at the nature of all catechesis, there is also an attempt to move beyond the rationalism found in a praxis epistemology.

Product Details

• Title: Pentecostal Formation: A Pedagogy among the Oppressed
• Author: Cheryl Bridges Johns
• Series: Journal of Pentecostal Theology Supplement Series
• Volume: 2
• Publisher: Wipf and Stock
• Print Publication Date: 2010
• Logos Release Date: 2018
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Freire, Paulo, 1921-1997; Spiritual formation › Pentecostal churches; Christian education › Philosophy
• ISBNs: 9781608998999, 1608998991
• Resource ID: LLS:PNTCSTLFRMTN
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T02:16:47Z

About Cheryl Bridges Johns

Cheryl Bridges Johns (PhD, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is the Robert E. Fisher Chair of Spiritual Renewal at Pentecostal Theological Seminary. She has researched the ways human development intersects with spiritual transformation for over three decades. Johns was formerly co-pastor of New Covenant Church of God in Cleveland, Tennessee. She is a leading ecumenist, representing the Pentecostal movement in several venues, and is past president of the Society for Pentecostal Studies.