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Book SynopsisIn this book, established scholars from different religions, regions, and disciplines continue the dialogue that Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen began in his A Constructive Christian Theology for the Pluralistic World series and respond to his work in light of their diverse expertise and context. Each of the three parts focuses on a key area of Kärkkäinen’s engaging work: 1) highlighting how his method shaped each volume, 2) highlighting his commitment to global perspectives, and 3) highlighting his interreligious and interdisciplinary dialogue partners. Together, these essays seek to deepen and extend the impact of Kärkkäinen’s work, taking it seriously as a substantive model for contemporary systematic theology in listening and engaging with this world. Table of ContentsForewordPeter C. PhanIntroductionPatrick Oden and Peter Goodwin HeltzelPart One. Exploring Kärkkäinen’s Project: Response to Method1.Kärkkäinen’s Christ and Reconciliation: An Appreciative ResponseJohn C. Peckham2.Affirmation and Critique: An Evangelical Appraisal of Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen’s Trinity and RevelationSung Wook Chung3. Constructive Theology with an Eye to Creation and Humanity: Engaging Kärkkäinen’s Third Volume of A Constructive Theology for the Pluralistic WorldDaniel Castelo4.The Many Tongues of the Spirit? Interpreting Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen’s A Constructive Christian Theology for [a] Pluralistic WorldAmos Yong5.Where in the World is the Kingdom? An Antiracist Critique of Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen’s Hope and CommunityPeter Goodwin Heltzel and Christian T. Collins WinnPart Two. Global Responses6.Engaging the Constructive Theology of Veli-Matti Kӓrkkӓinen: On Christ, the Spirit, and “spirits” in African Reformed PerspectiveEsther E. Acolatse7.Liberationist Theology in Latin American/Caribbean HistorySamuel Cruz8.Is the Church a Missional or a Sacramental Community? Exploring the Ecclesiological and Ecumenical Message of Kärkkäinen’s Magnum Opus from a European Roman Catholic PerspectivePeter De Mey9.The Global Theology of Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen: A Free Church View from Down UnderMyk Habets10.Jesus the Eagle in North American Indigenous TheologyRandy S. Woodley11.The Commensurability between Kärkkäinen and Chinese Confucianism on the Topic of Natural TheologyZhiqiu XuPart Three. Interreligious and Interdisciplinary Perspectives12.A Theology for the AnthropoceneDorothy Boorse13.The Shortcomings of Law: Reflections on the Role of Biblical Law in Kärkkäinen and the Law in Contemporary SocietyJohn C. Fleming14.Zen Eye on Triune Mystery: Buddhist Light on Christian Life and FaithRuben L. F. Habito15.Christian Diversity, Religious Plurality, and Kärkkäinen’s Constructive TheologyTodd M. Johnson16.Hospitality, Mutual Immanence and Creativity: A Process Engagement with Kärkkäinen’s Hospitality and Religious DialogueRafael Reyes III17.Everything is Everything: Reevaluating Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen’s ‘Theology of Everything’ and Social LocationJason S. Sexton18.The Role of Social Justice in a Theology of Reconciliation: Bringing Together King and KärkkäinenPatrick T. SmithResponse: The (Im)Possibility of Doing Constructive Theology for the Ruptured WorldVeli-Matti Kärkkäinen

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewWith the entrance of classical Pentecostals into the ecumenical arena this is a timely and important work?Now we await more from this gifted theologian. -- Ralph Del Colle * Pneuma *?a reliable and helpful survey of a wide range of issues in contemporary theology as well as the author's own contribution to the discussion. -- Henry H. Knight, III, Saint Paul School of Theology * Religious Studies Review *…a reliable and helpful survey of a wide range of issues in contemporary theology as well as the author's own contribution to the discussion. -- Henry H. Knight, III, Saint Paul School of Theology * Religious Studies Review *With the entrance of classical Pentecostals into the ecumenical arena this is a timely and important work…Now we await more from this gifted theologian. -- Ralph Del Colle * Pneuma *Table of ContentsChapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Acknowledgements Chapter 3 Introduction: Pentecostalism and a Theology of the Third Article Chapter 4 Abbreviations Chapter 5 Hermeneutics and Identity: Pentecostal and Ecumenical: Chapter 6 Hermeneutics: From Fundamentalism to Postmodernism Chapter 7 Authority, Revelation and Interpretation Chapter 8 Pentecostals as "Anonymous Ecumenists?" Chapter 9 Free Churches, Ecumenism and Pentecostalism Chapter 10 The Ecumenical Potential of Pneumatology Chapter 11 Ecclesiology: Chapter 12 Toward a Pneumatological Ecclesiology Chapter 13 Trinity as Communion in the Spirit Chapter 14 The Church as Charismatic Fellowship Chapter 15 Spirit, Laity, Ministry Chapter 16 The Spirit and the Lord's Supper Chapter 17 Soteriology: Chapter 18 Grace and the Ecumenical Potential of Theosis Chapter 19 On a Theology and Spirituality of the Cross Chapter 20 Are Pentecostals Oblivious to Social Justice? Chapter 21 Theology of Mission: Chapter 22 Proselytism: A Theological Inquiry Chapter 23 Culture, Contextualization and Conversion Chapter 24 Pneumatology, Eschatology, Missiology Chapter 25 A Pneumatological Theology of Religion? Chapter 26 Endnotes Chapter 27 Name Index Chapter 28 Subject Index

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Book SynopsisPrayer as Divine Experience examines the emotional language in the prayer preludes contained in 4 Ezra and the hymns recounted in John’s Apocalypse. Based on studies in neuropsychology, readers or hearers of the emotional language could potentially achieve a divine experience similar to what is described in this literature.Trade ReviewHow does biblical prayer move us and transform our lives? How does scriptural praying open up or break through the heavens to touch the heart of the transcendent God? How does God generate joy in our spirit, nurture confidence in our souls, and instill hope in our lives through prayer even in apocalyptic times? David Seal’s interdisciplinary study not only helps us to feel these questions through his examination of 4 Ezra and Revelation but also leads us to hear afresh divine answers in these texts. Take up-read-listen, and then be ready to pray like you’ve never prayed before! -- Amos Yong, Regent University School of Divinity, Virginia Beach, VATable of ContentsTable of Contents Chapter 1– Introduction Chapter 2–Orality, Neuroscience, Performance and Emotions Chapter 3–Prayer as Divine Experience in 4 Ezra Chapter 4–Prayer as Divine Experience in John’s Apocalypse Chapter 5–Conclusion Bibliography

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Book SynopsisIn A Dialogue between Haizi’s Poetry and the Gospel of Luke Xiaoli Yang offers a conversation between the Chinese soul-searching found in Haizi’s (1964–1989) poetry and the gospel of Jesus Christ through Luke’s testimony. It creates a unique contextual poetic lens that appreciates a generation of the Chinese homecoming journey through Haizi’s poetry, and explores its relationship with Jesus Christ. As the dialogical journey, it names four stages of homecoming—roots, vision, journey and arrival. By taking an interdisciplinary approach—literary study, inter-cultural dialogue and comparative theology, Xiaoli Yang convincingly demonstrates that the common language between the poet Haizi and the Lukan Jesus provides a crucial and rich source of data for an ongoing table conversation between culture and faith.Trade Review"This book is a masterpiece not only on Haizi studies, but also on cross-cultural studies and comparative theology, with original contributions to these fields of study. (...) Through literary studies, intertextual and intercultural dialogue, and comparative theology, this book creatively and insightfully uses a unique set of cultural and poetic lenses to unfold a dialogue between the contemporary Chinese poet Haizi and the Gospel of Luke's Jesus beyond time and space." Chen Yongtao, Professor of Theology and Chinese Christian Studies, Nanjing Union Theological Seminary, in: Chinese version, p. xiii. "Yang’s trailblazing book demonstrates her ability to enrich the intellectual conversation between theology and culture. (...) Yang’s book benefits scholars and students in various disciplines, including World Christianity, Intercultural Studies, and Spiritual Formation. She also offers profound insights on land and identity that will enrich postcolonial conversations. Yang brilliantly discerns the parallels and systematically ascertains the points of resonance between soul-searching and spiritual hunger.", Susangeline Patrick, Nazarene Theological Seminary, in: International Bulletin of Mission ResearchVolume 46.3 (2022). "But now and then something appears that gives one hope that things can change and the theological conversation might connect to things people deeply care about. One such event is the recent publication of Xiaoli Yang’s Dialogue between Haizi’s poetry and the Gospel of Luke (2018). (...) it is in the rereading of Luke’s Gospel in the light of Haizi’s poetry, that Yang, who is a poet herself, breaks open the different textures of [these] soteriological paths.", William Dyrness, Fuller Theological Seminary, in: Exchange Volume 51 (2022). "Yang presents an equally skillful exegetical analysis of the Gospel of Luke, gesturing toward Jesus Christ’s ministry as dynamic conversation partner that is resonant with Haizi’s search. (...) Altogether, the beauty of Yang’s work is in the way she is able to dance between the registers of academic analysis and spiritual formation." - Easten Law, , in: China Source, 16 March 2022. "This is a singular book. I do not recall reading another that weaves together poetry and literary analysis, biblical studies, photographs, philosophy, philology, intercultural studies, and theology. It is remarkable! " — Daryl Ireland, Boston University, in: International Review of Mission (2021) Volume 110.1. "The fruitfulness of Yang’s engagement with Haizi should cause us to wonder, if we are going to give leadership to the church in a secular age, whether we should attend more to the poets of our times. Could it be that in reading the poets—not just religious poets—we will be able to get past the distraction of our age and find a way to attend to the inner sensibilities of the human soul in this time and in this place?" — Gordon T. Smith, Ambrose University, in: Wisdom from Babylon (IVP, 2020) "It is a publication that deserves to be widely read by scholars and students alike; it offers a unique contribution to contemporary Chinese interaction with the Gospel." — Randall Prior, University of Divinity, Melbourne, in: Mission Studies (2020) Volume 37.1 "This could turn out to be one of the most significant books in Missiology published in 2018." — Larry Nemer, Yarra Theological Union, in: Australian Journal of Mission Studies (2019) Volume 13.2 "This is no mere correlationist project wherein Haizi provides the questions and Luke(‘s Jesus) responds. Instead, there is a dizzying multi-directionality through which various chasms – East-West, Yin-Yang, ancient-contemporary, modern-postmodern, rural-urban, terrestrial-cosmic, poetic-philosophical, symbolic-discursive, epistemological-ontological, immanence-transcendence – are bridged, irreversibly through the Dao of Haizi’s suicide and ultimately through the way of Jesus’ cross. Yang herself emerges as poet giving profound expression to the contemporary global (dis)location, as prophet naming and diagnosing its instable homelessness, and as priest mediating the possibility of a fresh gospel homecoming precisely in and through the desolation of late modernity’s interface with the post-Mao Chinese soul. The word Dialogue in the title is too modest; be forewarned of the tremors this book will unleash to those who think philosophy and theology are mostly discursive Western undertakings." — Amos Yong, Professor of Theology & Mission, Fuller Seminary "A Dialogue between Haizi’s Poetry and the Gospel of Luke is a welcome contribution to the field of intercultural theology. It skillfully employs together four lenses for hermeneutical reading – the historical, literary, philosophical, and religious — to see freshly Luke and the message of Jesus, now heard along with the poetry of Haizi (1964-1989), a voice still new in the West. Drawing poetry into the work of intercultural learning, Xiaoli Yang also brings new resources from the Chinese context into theological reflection, giving new substance to the ideals and practices of an Asian Christian theology. Comparative theologians too will enjoy learning from Yang’s methods and purposes, broadening our repertoire for the work of interreligious theological learning today." — Francis X. Clooney, SJ, Parkman Professor of Divinity and Professor of Comparative Theology, Harvard University "This book offers us an insight into the souls of the contemporary Chinese genuine intellectuals, who have lost their cultural and spiritual home. Through the unique approach combining literary study, intercultural dialogue and comparative theology, Ms. Yang helps us get to such a highland, where we could see clearly the home way of an honest genius poet who committed suicide but never ‘died’, and more importantly, see why millions of Chinese people today are struggling to leave their homeland for new home in foreign land, and for the heavenly home to be with Jesus Christ." — He Guanghu, Professor of Religious Studies, Renmin University of China "Historical events claim our attention and can generate a desire to rethink our own philosophical stance. Haizi agonized over social realities of his day through his poetry and ultimately through suicide. This is a fascinating yet tragic personal revelation. The advantage of this tragedy is that it opens up for the reader an opportunity to reflect on one’s own ideas. Dr Xiaoli Yang’s book provides some assistance in this by outlining how one can dialogue with Haizi’s poetry and compare the thinking with another historical figure, Jesus, who also challenged attitudes of the day and finally was killed for his revelations." —David Claydon, OAM; previous International Director of the Lausanne Movement; author & theological lecturerTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgments List of Illustrations Introduction 1 Haizi: The Poet Who Never ‘Dies’   Introduction   Definitions and Limitations   Two Decades of Research on Haizi (1989–2016)   Methodology   Personal Perspectives   Summary Part 1: Roots 2 Haizi: Beyond Homelessness   Introduction   Creation Myth   Songs of the Homeland   Summary 3 Jesus: Quest for Home   Introduction   The Roots of Humanity   The Identity   A Home Beyond Borders   The Homeless Homeland   Summary Part 2: Vision 4 Haizi: Returning Home—Chinese Huijia   Introduction   A Cultural Premise—The Etymology   Xiangchou   The Movement towards Homecoming   The Ethics of Home   Summary 5 Jesus: the Hospitality of God   Introduction   Casting the Vision   Table Fellowship   Summary Part 3: Journey 6 Haizi: Seeking a Home   Introduction   Poetic Adoption from the Greeks   Learning from the Quest of Modern Movements   Returning Home—Hui   Summary 7 Jesus: Embodying the Kingdom   Introduction   The Movement of the Journey   The Way of the Cross   The Way of Brokenness   Summary Part 4: Arrival 8 Haizi: The Death of a Poet   Introduction   The Task of a Poet   Songs of Death   Self-Surrender   Summary 9 Jesus: Passion to Embrace   Introduction   The Radical Openness of God   The Radical Vulnerability of God   Summary Conclusion Afterword Appendices Bibliography Index

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