Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Part I:
Renewal Christianity, Interreligious Encounter, & Theology of Religions
Chapter 1 - Dialogue or Diatribe:
Toward a Renewal Approach to Interreligious Conversation
Clifton Clarke
Chapter 2 - The Wide Reach of the Spirit: A Renewal Theology of Mission and Interreligious Encounter in Dialogue with Yves Congar
Tony Richie
Chapter 3 - Christian Mission and the Religions as Participation in the Spirit of Pentecost
Steven M. Studebaker
Part II Renewal Missiology & the Interfaith Encounter
Chapter 4 - Dukkha and Passio: A Christian Theology of Suffering in the (Theravada) Buddhist Context
Veti-Matti Karkkainen
Chapter 5 - Theologiest of Religious Pluralism: Pneumatological Foudations and Conversion in India Kirsteen Kim
Chapter 6 - Renewal, Christian Mission, and Encounter with Other:
Pentecostal - Type Movements Meeting Islam in Ghana and Nigeria
Cephas N. Omenyo
Conclusion - From Demonization to Kin-domization: The Witness of the Spirit and the Renewal of Missions in a Pluralistic World
Amos Yong
Contributors
Index

This book explores the historical,theological and intercultural dimensions of these twin twentieth-century Restorationists traditions from a global perspective. In this volume Clifton Clarke and Amos Yong have edited essays that address the theological task of how an evangelistic theological tradition engages in authentic dialogue with non-Christian religions. Originally presented at a symposium held at Regent University, this volume breaks new ground as many of the leading global Pentecostal/Charismatic scholars addressing this issue were brought together to reflect upon this question. The results that emerge offer exciting possible trajectories as these persons join forces with scholars of other Christian traditions to engage in this significant dialogue of our time.