Steven Jack Land

En lo que quiz s sea uno de los estudios m s significativos de la teolog a pentecostal hasta la fecha, Steven Jack Land ofrece una revisi n y una interpretaci n constructiva de la tradici n pentecostal. Al observar a los primeros diez a os del movimiento como el coraz n, y no como la infancia de la espiritualidad pentecostal, Land lo identifica como el fundamento teol gico de la tradici n y lo llama el evangelio qu ntuple, que proclama a Jes s como Salvador, Santificador, Bautizador del Esp ritu Santo, Sanador y Rey que viene Pronto. La investigaci n de Land tambi n reivindica la importancia de las ra ces wesleyanas, de santidad y revivalista-restauracionista del siglo XIX del pentecostalismo. La importancia de la propuesta constructiva de Land se aprecia al examinar el n mero de referencias y el n mero de obras citadas sobre la teolog a pentecostal. En muchos sentidos, ha demostrado ser el punto de partida para el estudio acad mico y constructivo de la teolog a pentecostal. A partir de este volumen, es dif cil imaginar c mo ser a el estudio y la investigaci n de esta disciplina teol gica sin la aparici n de la obra de Land. Steven Jack Land (PhD, Emory University), fue presidente y profesor de teolog a del Seminario Teol gico Pentecostal en Cleveland, Tennessee, EE. UU.

Only a few decades past, academia tended to scoff at the very idea of serious Pentecostal theology. Today profound and variegated theological implications of this dynamic movement are the object of exploration and development across the entire spectrum of the Christian theological corpus. Arguably, an acute need has arisen for identification and evaluation of the Pentecostal movement's original and ongoing theological ""essentials."" What is Pentecostal theology really all about anyway? This volume realizes that Pentecostal theology is at its heart a working theology undergirding and energizing believers' worship of God in prayer and praise, in holy living, and in witness to a personal experience of the risen Lord and Savior manifested in the continuing power of the Holy Spirit. Authentic implementation, if not explicit articulation, of fervent Pentecostal theology often occurs in the vitality of local churches, house fellowships, and various mission settings in America and around the world. Birthed in the fires of revival movements, essential Pentecostalism, including Pentecostal theology, continues to burn brightest wherever it is fueled most directly.

Only a few decades past, academia tended to scoff at the very idea of serious Pentecostal theology. Today profound and variegated theological implications of this dynamic movement are the object of exploration and development across the entire spectrum of the Christian theological corpus. Arguably, an acute need has arisen for identification and evaluation of the Pentecostal movement's original and ongoing theological ""essentials."" What is Pentecostal theology really all about anyway? This volume realizes that Pentecostal theology is at its heart a working theology undergirding and energizing believers' worship of God in prayer and praise, in holy living, and in witness to a personal experience of the risen Lord and Savior manifested in the continuing power of the Holy Spirit. Authentic implementation, if not explicit articulation, of fervent Pentecostal theology often occurs in the vitality of local churches, house fellowships, and various mission settings in America and around the world. Birthed in the fires of revival movements, essential Pentecostalism, including Pentecostal theology, continues to burn brightest wherever it is fueled most directly.