In Wesleyan Pneumatology, Pentecostal Mission, and the Missio Dei, Jody B. Fleming argues that missiology in a Wesleyan context has been heavily influenced by the Western worldview and needs renewal. Spirituality is central to living in many non-western cultures, integrated with the physical world of everyday life. Wesleyan traditions may need to renew and strengthen the pneumatology found in their mission theory and praxis. As the center of Christianity is shifting to the global south, Pentecostal and charismatic expressions of the faith are becoming more prominent. Without forfeiting their solid foundations, what might the Wesleyan traditions learn from their theological cousins about engagement with the Holy Spirit? How might pneumatology be renewed in order to address spiritual beliefs found in other cultures in both global and local settings? Renewal also includes the indigenous voice as essential for understanding cultural dynamics and spirituality. Contextualization is not new to missiology and so mission theory is explored from Latin American scholars as another point for renewal. Partnerships in mission and the role of the Holy Spirit are highlighted in the of field work conducted in Venezuela. In Renewing the Spark the author suggests that a fresh look at pneumatology will more effectively articulate the gospel in holistic and spirit-centered non-western cultures.
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Wesleyan Pneumatology, Pentecostal Mission, and the Missio Dei: Renewing the Spark of the Spirit through a Latin American Case Study
Historian David Hempton, in Methodism: Empire of the Spirit, remarked that Pentecostalism carries the impulse to continue the energy and mobility of early Methodism’s global expansion. Does this mean Wesleyans will be left out of this missional endeavor? Jody Fleming’s book suggests a way forward, embracing both traditional Wesleyan identity and a renewed Pentecostal power in missional engagement. Providing a helpful survey of intercultural and theological concepts around the work of the Holy Spirit in Latin contexts, Fleming offers a needed dialog around a pneumatology of holiness and witness; one to spark renewed effort across Wesleyan and Pentecostal traditions.
Published date: May 18, 2021
Language: English
No. of Pages: 170
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN: 9781793611963
Dimensions:
6.45" W x
0.73" L x
8.96" H
Jody B. Fleming is lecturer in practical theology at Evangelical Seminary and a faculty mentor for the Kairos Project with Sioux Falls Seminary.
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