Renewing Christian Worldview: A Holistic Approach for Spirit-Filled Christians - Softcover

Félix-Jäger, Steven

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1540965910 ISBN 13: 9781540965912

Publisher: Baker Academic, 2023

Synopsis

This brief but comprehensive introduction to Christian worldview helps readers understand the Christian faith as the substance of Spirit-filled living and as a knowledge tradition stemming from the global Pentecostal movement.

Using beauty, truth, and goodness as organizing principles, the authors delineate a Christian worldview by tracing each category historically, comparing and contrasting each with alternative Christian expressions, and constructing fresh takes on each as read through the lived Pentecostal experience. Unlike other worldview books, the authors’ approach emphasizes beauty (relating to experience) rather than truth (involving knowledge acquisition); that difference in emphasis flows naturally from the Pentecostal perspective, which has traditionally centered the experience of the Spirit.

Pentecostal Christians will find this volume indispensable for thinking lucidly about their worldview from a renewal perspective.

About this title

About the Author

Steven Félix-Jäger (PhD, University of Wales) is associate professor and chair of the Worship Arts and Media program at Life Pacific University in San Dimas, California. He is the author of Renewal Worship and writes about art, aesthetics, worship, and theology. Yoon Shin (PhD, University of Aberdeen) is coleader of the Philosophy Interest Group in the Society for Pentecostal Studies and author of Pentecostalism, Postmodernism, and Reformed Epistemology: James K. A. Smith and the Contours of a Postmodern Christian Epistemology. He lives in Lakeland, Florida.

From the Back Cover

"This timely work is sure to become a landmark in the field."

This book offers a brief but comprehensive introduction to Christian worldview from a Pentecostal perspective, helping readers understand why Christianity is beautiful, true, and relevant to all aspects of life.

"Félix-Jäger and Shin have laid out the renewal worldview in simple, succinct, and sagacious terms. This book brilliantly treats the beauty, goodness, and truth in and of Pentecostal theology."
--Nimi Wariboko, author of Transcripts of the Sacred in Nigeria: Beautiful, Monstrous, Ridiculous

"A bold and refreshing approach. This timely work is sure to become a landmark in the field."
--Lisa P. Stephenson, Lee University

"Renewing Christian Worldview does just that: it reinvigorates the worldview discussion, albeit from a Pentecostal perspective."
--Amos Yong, Fuller Theological Seminary

"This book represents a 'coming of age' of renewal traditions in the authors' ability to offer a form of sophisticated, world-regarding catechesis. If read widely, this book could be part of a generational turning point."
--Daniel Castelo, Duke Divinity School

"A constructive account of renewal theology, engaging a deep bench of philosophical and theological scholars. Though some will find points of friction here, the holistic approach appears to be the view with which all Pentecostal/charismatic theologies will have to contend. An invigorating read!"
--Dru Johnson, The King's College, New York City

"Félix-Jäger and Shin have invited us to a renewed worldview through the integration of experience, emotion, and mind with beauty, goodness, and truth. A must-read for our time!"
--Tammy Dunahoo, Portland Seminary of George Fox University

"This book is jam-packed with wisdom and insight and is a must-read for anyone interested in worldview, apologetics, culture, and theology."
--Paul M. Gould, Palm Beach Atlantic University

"Félix-Jäger and Shin are two of the brightest emerging philosophical minds in the Pentecostal world. This is the book we have needed for some time."
--L. William Oliverio Jr., Northwest University College of Ministry; co-editor-in-chief of Pneuma: The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies

"An excellent textbook or supplemental reading for Christian worldview courses in need of Pentecostal/charismatic perspectives."
--Sammy Alfaro, Grand Canyon University

Edition details

• Publisher: Baker Academic
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1540965910
• ISBN 13: 9781540965912
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256