Theological dialogue with classical pentecostals : challenges and opportunities / Jelle Creemers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Creemers, Jelle, author.

Series:

Ecclesiological investigations ; Volume 23.

Ecclesiological investigations ; v. 23

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church--Relations--Pentecostal churches.

Catholic Church.

Catholic Church--Doctrines.

Pentecostal churches--Relations--Catholic Church.

Pentecostal churches.

Pentecostal churches--Doctrines.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury T&T Clark US, 2015.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

The last two decades have witnessed the growing participation in theological dialogues of non-institutional (free church) movements. This poses a serious challenge to 21st century ecumenism, since ecclesial realities and internal diversity of these movements impede fruitful dialogue in the classical manner. The present volume addresses fundamental aspects of this challenge by a critical study of an exemplary case of such dialogues, the International Roman Catholic-Classical Pentecostal Dialogue (1972-2007). This unique study builds both on primary archival sources and on earlier research on th

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Relevance; Objective; Sources; Part One Classical Pentecostals in Ecumenical Dialogue; 2 An Ecumenical Profile of Classical Pentecostalism; Classical Pentecostalism and the 'range of Pentecostalisms'; Early American Pentecostalism and ecumenism; Early Pentecostalism as a conversionist movement; Early Pentecostalism as a revivalist movement; Early Pentecostalism as a restorationist movement; Crucial episodes in Classical Pentecostal history; The internal Oneness/Trinitarian debate; Classical Pentecostalism and Fundamentalism

Classical Pentecostalism and the Charismatic Renewal3 The Intertwined Challenges of Representation and Reception; Introduction; Classical Pentecostalism and the challenges of representation and reception; Responsibilities in the Pentecostal dialogue team; Free church ecclesiology and the mentality of a movement; Description of the characteristic; Responses to the challenges; Assessment of effects; Pentecostal critiques on ecumenism and the IRCCPD; Description of the challenge; Responses to the challenge; Assessment of effects; Classical Pentecostalism: theological demarcations

Description of the challengeResponses to the challenge; Assessment of effects; From the United States to the ends of the world: 'Non-theological' variety; Description of the challenge; Responses to the challenge; Assessment of effects; Conclusions; Part Two Ecumenical Dialogue with Classical Pentecostals; 4 Dialogue Method in the IRCCPD: The Hard Questions Method; Introduction; Preparatory meetings; First preparatory meeting; Second preparatory meeting; Preparatory Steering Committee meeting; Phase I; Phase I: Dialogue process; Phase I, Session 2 (1973): Analysis of the dialogue process

ConclusionsPhase II; Phase II: Dialogue process; Phase II, Session 2 (1979): Analysis of the dialogue process; Conclusions; Phase III; Phase III: Dialogue process; Phase III, Session 2 (1986): Analysis of the dialogue process; Conclusions; Phase IV; Phase IV: Dialogue process; Phase IV, Session 2 (1991): Analysis of the dialogue process; Conclusions; Phase V; Phase V: Dialogue process; Phase V, Session 2 (1999): Analysis of the dialogue process; Conclusions; Concluding reflections: Development of dialogue method in the IRCCPD; Pentecostal preparations; The dialogue week agenda

Papers, responses and discussionsThe hard questions sessions; Towards an Agreed Account; Towards a Final Report; 5 Theological Method in the IRCCPD: Experimenting Together; Introduction; A priori considerations of theological method in the IRCCPD; The 1970 preparatory meeting; The 1971 preparatory meetings; Conclusion; Theological method in Final Report I; Theological aims of FR I; Theological sources in FR I; Theological approach of FR I; Theological method in Final Report II; Theological aims of FR II; Theological sources in FR II; Theological approach of FR II

Theological method in Final Report III

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780567658838

056765883X

9780567665201

0567665208

9780567656995

0567656993

OCLC:

913829123