Renewing Christian Theology

Amos Yong delivers a forward-looking and pneumatologically grounded systematics of Renewal demonstrating its contribution to the wider theological academy and the global church.

~Sammy Alfaro, Assistant Professor of Theology, Grand Canyon University

Yong’s work brilliantly articulates what the world of Christian theology is fast becoming: the dawning reality that the 'regions beyond' have become the new center of Christianity. Renewing Christian Theology is a twenty-first-century expression of what it means to have 'good news for all people!'

~Byron D. Klaus, President, Assemblies of God Theological Seminary, Springfield, Missouri

No doubt this book will be a landmark work in Renewal Theology and spark a spirited conversation about the role of Pentecostal theology in ecumenical and interreligious dialogue.

~Peter C. Phan, The Ignacio Ellacuria Chair of Catholic Social Thought, Georgetown University

Yong reprioritizes the order of classic theological reasoning, beginning with eschatology, in order to emphasize Christ-centered and Spirit-empowered Christianity.

~Don Thorsen, Professor of Theology, Azusa Pacific University

This remarkable book introduces and creatively reconstructs a Pentecostal summa in sympathetic and critical dialogue with the best of Christian heritage. No one interested in Pentecostal and Renewal movements can ignore this work.

~Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen, Professor of Systematic Theology, Fuller Theological Seminary and Docent of Ecumenics, University of Helsinki, Finland

Here at last is a vibrant theological text that systematically addresses the big intellectual challenges confronting twenty-first-century Pentecostals and charismatics. Every chapter bursts with constructive ideas, bringing biblical exposition and theological themes to bear on the doctrinal statements that define the Church’s long renewal.

~William K. Kay, Professor of Pentecostal Studies, University of Chester

Personally, I will be using this text both to freshen up my standard systematics course…as well as making use of it for my Pentecostalism course. This will be a valuable resource on both counts.

~Ben Pugh, Cliff College, England, The Journal of the European Pentecostal Theological Association

On the whole this is an exciting project, which offers much for the future, as Pentecostal and charismatic theology comes to maturity. It charts a way that many emerging theologians from these traditions can follow, in bringing together Christian experience and theological exploration into harmony.

~Graham Tomlin, Evangelical Quarterly

Although the intended audience of this textbook is seminarians, the volume will also be appreciated by scholars both in and outside the renewalist movement, especially those interested in engaging the best of Pentecostal thinking today. Yong offers a systematic theology to the whole church that is as deeply Pentecostal as it is unwaveringly ecumenical.

~Cheryl Peterson, Anglican Theological Review