The Spirit and the Many-sided Other: Amos Yong's Pneumatological Re-imagining of Mission Theology

This article explores Amos Yong's contributions to missiology through his concept of "pneumatological imagination" - that is, the hermeneutical embrace of Pentecost's multivalent boundary-crossing potential. Two spheres of mission encounter that Yong has engaged with are examined...

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Published in:Mission studies
Main Author: Anderson, Christian J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2019]
In: Mission studies
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Yong, Amos 1965- / Pentecostal churches / Pneumatology / Missions theology
IxTheo Classification:KDG Free church
NBG Pneumatology; Holy Spirit
RJ Mission; missiology
Further subjects:B Amos Yong
B Pneumatology
B spirit cosmology
B Pentecostal
B Religions
B Missiology
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Summary:This article explores Amos Yong's contributions to missiology through his concept of "pneumatological imagination" - that is, the hermeneutical embrace of Pentecost's multivalent boundary-crossing potential. Two spheres of mission encounter that Yong has engaged with are examined: the spirit world, and the religions. In the Spirit's encounter with spirit cosmologies, Yong looks for fruitful lines of continuity rather than radical severance, and develops a theology of "the powers" which connects the spirits to structural realities. In the Spirit's encounter with the religions, Yong sets out avenues for discerning the Holy Spirit's presence and activity in settings where Christ is not known or named. In this second, more controversial, area, Yong's approach is critiqued for blurring the distinction between the Spirit's sustaining and liberating activity. Concrete examples are suggested for how the Spirit might be seen as missionally active within non-Christian religions in ways that are more verifiably Christo-logical.
ISSN:1573-3831
Contains:Enthalten in: Mission studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15733831-12341654