The Mediation of the Spirit : Interventions in Practical Theology.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Pentecostal and Charismatic Approaches to Practical Theology -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Formation, Worship, and Ministry -- 1.3 Liberation Theology -- 1.4 Empirical Theology -- 1.5 Conclusion -- 2 Scripture, Experience, and the Holy Spirit in Practical Theology -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Scripture and Practical Theology -- 2.2.1 Identifying a Typology -- 2.2.2 The Bible in Pastoral Practice Project -- 2.2.3 Reflection on Academic Practice -- 2.2.4 Excursus: Toward a Practical--Theological Reading of Scripture -- 2.3 Experience and Pneumatology in Practical Theology -- 2.3.1 The Nature of Experience -- 2.3.2 Reflection on Experience -- 2.3.3 The Role of Pneumatology -- 2.4 Conclusion -- 3 The Mediation of the Holy Spirit -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Mediation, Pentecostal Experience, and the Holy Spirit -- 3.2.1 Mediation -- 3.2.2 Pentecostal Experience and Mediation -- 3.2.3 Observations, Comments, and Questions -- 3.3 Mediation and the Holy Spirit in Protestant Perspective -- 3.4 Conclusion -- 4 Pentecost and the Acts of the Apostles -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The Day of Pentecost -- 4.2.1 Mediation of the Holy Spirit -- 4.2.2 Scripture -- 4.2.3 Ecclesial Community -- 4.3 The Holy Spirit Reception Narratives in Acts -- 4.3.1 Acts 8:5-25: The Samaritans -- 4.3.2 Acts 9:1-19a: Saul's Conversion -- 4.3.3 Acts 10:23b-48: The Household of Cornelius -- 4.3.4 Acts 15:1-29: The Jerusalem Council -- 4.3.5 Acts 19:1-7: The Ephesian Disciples -- 4.4 The Mediation of the Holy Spirit -- 4.5 An Agenda for Interventions in Practical Theology -- 4.5.1 Ecclesial Practices -- 4.5.2 Theological Loci -- 4.6 Conclusion -- 5 Ecclesial Practices in Practical Theology -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 A Congregational Study -- 5.2.1 Theoretical Framework -- 5.2.2 Ecclesial Practices, Biblical Texts, and Pneumatology.

5.2.3 Critical Observations -- 5.3 Intervention -- 5.3.1 The Ethiopian Eunuch -- 5.3.2 Pentecost -- 5.4 Conclusion -- 6 Soteriological Discourse in Practical Theology -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Soteriological Discourse -- 6.3 Critical Analysis -- 6.4 Reflections from Pentecostal Soteriology -- 6.5 Intervention -- 6.5.1 Recipients -- 6.5.2 Nature -- 6.5.3 Process -- 6.6 Conclusion -- Conclusion -- A Pentecostal Manifesto for Practical Theology -- Name Index -- Subject Index.

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