num_pages: 163
description: In most parts of the world and especially where Christianity is flourishing Pentecostal and charismatic movements predominate. What would it look like for the Western worldbeset by the narrative of declineto participate in this global Spirit-driven movement? According to Amos Yong it all needs to start with the way we approach theological education. Renewing the Church by the Spirit makes the case for elevating pneumatology in Christian life allowing the Spirit to reinvigorate church and mission. Yong shows how this approach would attend to both the rapidly deinstitutionalizing forms of twenty-first-century Christianity and the pressing need for authentic spiritual experiences that marks contemporary religious life. He begins with a broad assessment of our postmodern post-Enlightenment post-Christendom ecclesial context before moving into a detailed outline of how a Spirit-filled approach to theological educationits curriculum pedagogy and scholarshipcan meet the ecclesial and missional demands of this new age.
language: English
title: Renewing the Church by the Spirit: Theological Education after Pentecost
publisher: Eerdmans