Pentecostal theology for the twenty-first century :engaging with multi-faith Singapore /MayLing Tan-Chow.

Name/Title

Pentecostal theology for the twenty-first century :engaging with multi-faith Singapore /MayLing Tan-Chow.

Description

A hermeneutic of Singapore culture -- The political ethos -- Current contextual challenges to religious harmony -- Christianity in Singapore -- History of Pentecostalism in Singapore -- Christianity and contextual challenge -- Pentecostalism and contextual challenge in Singapore -- Pentecost in the Acts of the Apostles -- The outpouring of the spirit and the impact on the early community -- Twentieth century Pentecost: Azusa Street revival -- The LoveSingapore movement -- Interrogating Pentecostalism: a biblical challenge to LoveSingapore -- Descriptive rhetoric and strategic practices -- Diagnostic the problems with the practices -- An alternative way: re-conceiving the spirit in Pentecostalism -- The problem: sign misinterpreted -- Scriptures: a critical dialogue with empirical Pentecostalism -- Pentecostal history: its defining distinctive -- A Pentecostal theological contribution: pneumatological eschatology -- Remembering -- Embodying -- The radical possibility of pneumatological eschatology -- Conclusion: towards an ethic of negotiation. xix, 203 p. ;25 cm.

Book Details

Author

Tan-Chow, MayLing.

Place Published

City

Aldershot, Hants, England ;Burlington, VT

Date Published

2007

Publication Subjects

Pentecostalism. Interdenominational cooperation. Religious pluralism--Singapore. Religious pluralism.

Call No.

BR1644 .T36 2007

ISBN

9780754657187 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

2006032076

Notes

Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-181) and indexes.