Amos Yong
Showing all 7 resultsSorted by latest
-
Can White People Be Saved
$40.99Add to cartNo one is born white. But while there is no biological basis for a white race, whiteness is real. What’s more, whiteness as a way of being in the world has been parasitically joined to Christianity, and this is the ground of many of our problems today. It is time to redouble the efforts of the church and its institutions to muster well-informed, gospel-based initiatives to fight racialized injustice and overcome the heresy of whiteness.
Written by a world-class roster of scholars, Can “White” People Be Saved? develops language to describe the current realities of race and racism. It challenges evangelical Christianity in particular to think more critically and constructively about race, ethnicity, migration, and mission in relation to white supremacy.
Historical and contemporary perspectives from Africa and the African diaspora prompt fresh theological and missiological questions about place and identity. Native American and Latinx experiences of colonialism, migration, and hybridity inspire theologies and practices of shalom. And Asian and Asian American experiences of ethnicity and class generate transnational resources for responding to the challenge of systemic injustice. With their call for practical resistance to the Western whiteness project, the perspectives in this volume can revitalize a vision of racial justice and peace in the body of Christ.
-
Learning Theology : Tracking The Spirit Of Christian Faith
$33.00Add to cartPreface
Introduction: What Is A TheologianIn.1 Macrina As Lay Theologian
In.2 Thomas Aquinas As Classical (Professional) Theologian
In.3 John Wesley As Pastoral And Practical Theologian
In.4 You And I As Those Who Love God And Want To Know And Serve God
Part I The Sources Of Theology
Chapter 1 Scripture: The Word And Breath Of God1.1 Behind Of The Text
1.2 The World Of The Text
1.3 In Front Of The Text
1.4 The Spirit Of The Text
Chapter 2 Tradition: The Living Body Of Christ And The Fellowship Of The Holy Spirit
2.1 Church And Tradition: Charisma And Institution
2.2 The Spirit/s Of Protestantism
2.3 The Church Catholic As The Fellowship Of The Spirit
2.4 The Spirit Of Tradition In Its Contextuality
Chapter 3 Reason: Renewing The Mind In The Spirit
3.1 Rationality As Traditioned
3.2 Scientific Revolution, The Enlightenment, And Universal Reason
3.3 Postmodern (Ir)Rationalities(!)
3.4 The Reasoning Spirit
Chapter 4 Experience: Life In, By, And Through The Spirit
4.1 Socialization
4.2 Intersectionality
4.3 Encountering The Living God, Experiencing Redemption
4.4 The Fullness Of The Spirit And The Life Of The Mind
Part II The Practices Of Theology
Chapter 5 Theology As Spiritual Practice: What Difference Does It Make In Personal Lives?
5.1 Knowing And Loving God
5.2 Loving And Serving Our Neighbors
5.3 Discerning The Spirit
5.4 Eschatological Rationality
Chapter 6 Theology As Ecclesial Practice: By, For, And Through The Church
6.1 The Church As One: Dogmatic Identity And Ecclesial Unity
6.2 The Church As Holy: The Social Distinctiveness Of The Ecclesia
6.3 The Church As Catholic: Global Cultures And Ecclesial Witness
6.4 The Church As Apostolic: The Many Tongues Of The Spirit’s Mission
Chapter 7 Starting Out: Researching, Writing, And Studying Theology
7.1 The Initial Contexts Of (Undergraduate) Theologizing
7.2 The Theological Research Paper Or Project
7.3 Theological Integration And The Christian University
7.4 Theologizing As A Spiritual Discipline
Chapter 8 Theology By The Spirit, Trinitarian Theologians
8.1 Starting In The Spirit
8.2 Theologizing After Easter And After Pentecost
8.3 Pentecostal Perspective, Trinitarian Theologian
8.4 The Spirit Has The First, Initiating, Word
Appendix Becoming A Professional Theologian: Getting There From Here
Discerning The Call To Graduate/Doctoral Theological Education
Additional Info
Theology-the attempt to come to a deeper, more faithful understanding of ones encounter with God-is something to which all Christians are called. In Learning Theology, Amos Yong invites the reader to lay claim to that calling and to see it as yet another opportunity to love God.Written for those taking their first course in the subject, this book introduces the foundational sources and tasks of theology. It asks what difference theology makes in our lives, how it can influence the way we write and study, and how we understand other forms of learning as part of the Spirit’s leadership. Yong encourages the reader to see all of life through the lens of faith, and Learning Theology offers tools to more thoughtfully and faithfully perform that task.
-
Joyful Witness In The Muslim World
$27.00Add to cartThis up-to-date textbook features global perspectives on current Christian engagement with Islam, equipping readers for mission among Muslims. Evelyne Reisacher, who has worked extensively with Muslims in Europe, helps readers move from fear to joy as they share the gospel with Muslims. Reisacher surveys areas where Muslims and Christians encounter one another in the twenty-first century, highlighting innovative models of Christian witness in everyday life. Drawing on insights from global Christianity, this survey takes account of diverse conceptions of Muslim-Christian relations. The book may surprise those who believe mission among Muslims is difficult, challenging, and almost impossible.
This is the first book in the Mission in Global Community series, which reframes missiological themes and studies for students around the common theme of mission as partnership with others. Series authors draw upon their own global experience and that of their global colleagues to illumine present realities and chart a course into the future. Series editors are Scott W. Sunquist and Amos Yong.
-
Spirit Of Creation
$35.99Add to cartIs a pentecostal-charismatic worldview defensible in light of contemporary science? In The Spirit of Creation Amos Yong demonstrates that pentecostal thought does indeed have merit in scientific contexts. What’s more, he argues that pentecostal-charismatic views regarding the dynamic presence and activity of the Spirit of God and the pluralistic cosmology of many spirits have something important to add to the broad discussion now taking place at the crossroads of science and religion. Interacting with many scientific fields of study – including psychology, sociology, evolutionary science, cosmology, and more – Yong’s Spirit of Creation demonstrates the significance of pentecostal ideas to the ongoing dialogue between theology and science.
-
Beyond Pentecostalism : Crisis Of Global Christianity And The Renewal Of Th
$35.99Add to cartAt the beginning of the twenty-first century, Christianity faces one of its greatest opportunities as well as one of its greatest challenges – the formulation of a global theology. In Beyond Pentecostalism Wolfgang Vondey argues that Pentecostal thought and praxis represent an indispensable catalyst for the realization of this task.
Accentuating Pentecostalism as a manifestation of what he calls the crisis of global Christianity, Vondey describes the elements of this crisis – manifested chiefly in theology’s turn toward a performance-oriented enterprise – and suggests that the task of overcoming the crisis demands an integration of Pentecostalism in the global theological agenda. This task will inevitably push Christianity beyond the boundaries of the classical Pentecostal tradition. In fact, Vondey suggests, Pentecostalism itself is in the process of going beyond its own historical, theological, sociocultural, and institutional boundaries.
Informing Vondey’s study throughout is the provocative metaphor of theology with Pentecostal resources as closer to “play” than to “performance.” He therefore engages the social sciences, psychology, philosophy, and ritual and cultural studies as major dialogue partners in developing the theological task for both the Pentecostal and the broader ecumenical global community. Vondey’s goal is not a “pentecostalization” of Christianity but rather a renewal of the theological landscape in light of the significance of Pentecostal voices, thoughts, and practices worldwide.
-
Spirit Poured Out On All Flesh
$35.00Add to cartThe Pentecostal movement has had an incredible impact on the shape of worldwide Christianity in the past century. Estimates are that Pentecostals and charismatics make up approximately one-fourth of Christians worldwide, and the numbers are only expected to grow. With these developments comes the need for thoughtful Christians of all persuasions to better understand Pentecostal theology. In fact, Amos Yong believes that Pentecostal theology can be a great gift to the church at large.
Yong presents a thoroughly Pentecostal theology of salvation, the church, the nature of God, and creation. He also provides a fascinating survey of the state of worldwide Pentecostalism, examining how Pentecostal theology is influencing Christian churches in other countries.
