Renewing the Church by the Spirit: Theological Education after Pentecost

by Amos Yong

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780802878403
Publisher:	Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company
Publication date:	11/03/2020
Series:	Theological Education between the Times (TEBT)
Pages:	163
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Amos Yong is Chief Academic Officer and professor of theology and mission at Fuller Theological Seminary. One of the most notable Pentecostal theologians writing today, Yong is the author and editor of more than four dozen books.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
Part I. Church amid World Christianities: The Heart and Soul of Theological Education
1. Theological Education and the (Western) Church as the Body of Christ
2. Theological Expansion of the Church Catholic as the People of God
3. Theological Transformation of the Church as the Fellowship of the Spirit
Part II. Witness in Global Contexts: The Hands and Works of Theological Transformation
4. Missional Information: Publicizing the Coming Age
5. Market Reformation: Materializing the Jubilee Spirit
6. Personal Formation: Participating in the Triune Community
Part III. Academy in an Open World: The Mind and Task of Theological Exploration
7. Theological Curriculum: Teaching (through) the Spirit of Truth
8. Theological Pedagogy: Learning in the Spirit of Wisdom
9. Theological Scholarship: Renewing the Mind by the Spirit
For Further Thought

Editorial Reviews

Amos Yong in this book rethinks, reformats, and relaunches theological education as a missiological calling and task driven by pneumatological imagination. The result is a pragmatic vision of higher education fit for our era characterized by networked global humanity and marked by bold, vital, and renewing movements of the Holy Spirit. The book’s scholarship is subtle, wise, beautiful, and provocative.”
— Nimi Wariboko
Boston University
author of The Split Economy: Saint Paul Goes to Wall Street

“Yong begins with the church—global, multi-lingual, multi-cultural, asking varied questions—more in need of a Day of Pentecost than ever. With that firmly in mind, he turns to theological education, considering its roles in the mission of God, the formation of God’s people, and their genuine liberation. Topics range from technology and economics, to theological relevance and academic guilds, as he constructively challenges the dominant Western model. A powerful framework.”
— Larry A. Smith
president, ScholarLeaders International

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