The evolution of a Pentecostal scholar: twenty years in Luke-Acts
"The volume before you was not my idea. By 2010, I had completed two monographs on Luke-Acts, namely, Spirit and Suffering in Luke-Acts (2004) and Reading Luke-Acts in the Pentecostal Tradition (2010) and I am grateful for the responses to these publications. This work came together through the...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
[2025]
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Global Pentecostal and charismatic studies (volume 50)
Year: 2025 |
| Series/Journal: | Global Pentecostal and charismatic studies
volume 50 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Lucan writings
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Bible. Luke
Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Pentecostalism B Bible. Acts Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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| Summary: | "The volume before you was not my idea. By 2010, I had completed two monographs on Luke-Acts, namely, Spirit and Suffering in Luke-Acts (2004) and Reading Luke-Acts in the Pentecostal Tradition (2010) and I am grateful for the responses to these publications. This work came together through the encouragement of numerous academic colleagues who stumbled upon my essays scattered in journals and edited volumes. Unlike my previously published works, this project is not focused on a single theme; rather, it is a collection of previously published essays. Having said this, I believe this collection does in fact reveal a personal journey. I suggest in this introduction and by way of the arrangement of these essays that my wanderings with Luke mirror methodological shifts in twenty-first century scholarship. I finished my Ph.D. in 2001, and I could never have imagined the interpretative surprises around the corner. I was too raw to realize the future impact of broader ecclesial traditions on my life and scholarship. I could not have anticipated that the historical, cultural, social, and political narratives of my youth would be shaken. With each passing year, I appreciate more the beautiful yet haunting words of Thomas Merton and Karl Barth. In part one, I interact with specific scholars because of their impact on Pentecostal readers of Luke-Acts. First, I marvel at the contributions of three renowned Pentecostal scholars. I am grateful for Roger Stronstad, whose work as a redaction / proto-literary critic initially turned my attention to Luke-Acts. He was a narrative critic ahead of his time. He put our biblical scholars on the academic map. Memorable adages such as "Luke does not (simply) write to help us read Paul better," "Luke is a theologian in his own right," or "Why should Paul's theology be transferred to Luke?" are used regularly by our scholars, teachers, and preachers. I was honored to contribute this essay to a celebration of Canadian Pentecostal scholars for the 2010 SPS conference in Minneapolis. Sadly, Roger passed away in the summer of 2022. Chapter 2 emerged as a result of my co-edited work on the theology of Amos Yong. Yong was and remains one of the most important theologians for my formation. He is not a traditional biblical scholar, but an interdisciplinary theologian. His ability to work across the disciplines makes him the consummate renaissance man. Yong may be the first Pentecostal theologian to gain a greater audience outside of his tradition than among his peers. (I might compare his influence to the late Gordon Fee's contributions to New Testament studies). Yong also turns to Pentecost as the controlling narrative for his Pentecostal theology. Like Stronstad, Yong continues to shape my scholarship, teaching, and faith. Little did I know that Yong's axiom of "many tongues, many practices" would become the impetus for my move into reception history. His mantra "many tongues, many readings" also resonates with my conversations with Mennonites and later my ever-developing political theologies"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | XII, 307 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 9004518916 |