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, VTDate Published
2007Publication Subjects
Pentecostalism.
Interdenominational cooperation.
Religious pluralism--Singapore.
Religious pluralism.Call No.
BR1644 .T36 2007ISBN
9780754657187 (hardcover : alk. paper)LCCN
2006032076Notes
Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-181) and indexes.