This volume brings 'America's theologian' and one of the fastest growing forms of Christianity into dialogue. Edwards is a fruitful source for Pentecostal investigation for historical and theological reasons. Edwards and Pentecostals descend from a common historical tradition-North American Evangelicalism. From revivalism and religious/charismatic experience to pneumatology they also share common theological interests. Though sharing a common history and core theological concerns, no critical conversation between Pentecostals and Edwards and their fields of scholarship has occurred. This is the first volume that provides Pentecostal readings of Edwards' theology that contribute to Pentecostal theology and Edwards scholarship. The contributing essays offer examination of affections and the Spirit, God and Salvation, Church and culture; and mission and witness.

ContributorsPrefaceIntroduction: Tongues of Pentecost: The Pneumatological Nexus of Pentecostal and Edwardsean Theology - Steven M. Studebaker, McMaster Divinity College, CanadaPart One: Affections and the SpiritChapter 1: "True Religion, in Great Part, Consists of Holy Affections": A Critical Comparison of the Biblical Hermeneutics of Jonathan Edwards and Pentecostal - L. William Oliverio, SUM Bible College and Theological Seminary, USAChapter 2: Verification and Speculation: Understanding and Affection in Jonathan Edwards and Pentecostal Theology - Christopher A. Stephenson, Lee University, USAChapter 3: Divine Action and Divine Affections: Jonathan Edwards the Pentecostal and Process Theologian - Joshua D. Reichard, Valley Christian Schools, USAChapter 4: Discerning the Signs of the Spirit: Pentecostal Experience Engages Edwardsian Religious Affections - David J. Courey, Continental Theological Seminary, BelgiumPart Two: God and SalvationChapter 5: The Holy Spirit and the Trinity: A Pentecostal Improvement on Edwards - Steven M. Studebaker, McMaster Divinity College, CanadaChapter 6: Divine and Human Excellencies: Jonathan Edwards and the Challenge of Spirit Christology - Gerald R. McDermott, Beeson Divinity School, USAChapter 7: The Spirit of Power and Love: Edwards and Pentecostals on Constructive Pneumatology - Andrew K. Gabriel, Horizon College and Seminary, CanadaChapter 8: Transformation by the Spirit in Justification and Sanctification - James M. Henderson, Regent University, USAPart Three: Church and CultureChapter 9: Edwardsian Charismatic Ecclesiology: The Spirit as Gift - Lisa P. Stephenson, Lee University, USAChapter 10: Edwards Against Himself? Conflicting Appeals to the Writings of Jonathan Edwards During the 1990s Pentecostal-Charismatic Revivals in Toronto and Pensacola - Michael J. McClymond, Saint Louis University, USAChapter 11: Edwards and Aesthetics: A Critical and Constructive Pentecostal Appropriation - Edmund J. Rybarczyk, Independent Scholar, USAPart Four: Mission and WitnessChapter 12: Jonathan Edwards, Pentecostals, and the Missionary Encounter with Native Americans - Angela Tarango, Trinity University, USAChapter 13: The Grand Design of God in All Divine Operations: Pentecostal Retrieval of Jonathan Edwards' Distinctive Contribution to the Positive Significance of Non-Christian Religions - Tony Richie, Pentecostal Theological Seminary, USAChapter 14: Voices Crying Out in the Wilderness and the Public Square: Redirecting Jonathan Edwards' Teleology of the Political after Pentecost - Amos Yong, Fuller Theological Seminary, USAResponsesChapter 15: The Promise of Edwardsian Theology - Oliver D. Crisp, Fuller Theological Seminary, USAChapter 16: The Surprising Work of God Continues - Amy Plantinga Pauw, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, USAChapter 17: "Some Thoughts" on the Retrieval of Jonathan Edwards by Pentecostals - Robert W. Caldwell III, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, USABibliographyIndex