Transformation Theology and Pentecostalism

In this article, in dialogue with Pentecostal theologians, I argue that our contemporary science allows us to return to a transformational account of the embodied self and the material world, with implications in particular for both Christology and pneumatology and their relation. On the basis of a...

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Main Author: Davies, Oliver (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2015
In: Journal of pentecostal theology
Year: 2015, Volume: 24, Issue: 2, Pages: 172-186
IxTheo Classification:CF Christianity and Science
FA Theology
KDG Free church
Further subjects:B Pentecostalism pneumatology transformation theology zwingli eschatology exaltation of christ transcendence
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Summary:In this article, in dialogue with Pentecostal theologians, I argue that our contemporary science allows us to return to a transformational account of the embodied self and the material world, with implications in particular for both Christology and pneumatology and their relation. On the basis of a reading of Acts 2.32–36, in which Christ in heaven ‘pours forth’ the Holy Spirit upon the first Church, I argue that the reality of the living Christ for us is itself the work of the Holy Spirit and itself communicates the work of the Spirit. This suggests the possibility of a Trinitarian koinonia which points to the unity of the Spirit-filled doxology and devotion of the worshipping Church on the one hand, and to the active life of discipleship through our acts of following Christ on the other.
ISSN:1745-5251
Contains:In: Journal of pentecostal theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/17455251-02402005