Pentecostals and nonviolence : reclaiming a heritage / edited by Paul Alexander ; foreword by Stanley Hauerwas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alexander, Paul Nathan

Contributor:

Alexander, Paul, 1972- editor.

Hauerwas, Stanley, writer of foreword.

Series:

Pentecostals, peacemaking, and social justice series ; 5.

Pentecostals, Peacemaking, and Social Justice Series ; 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peace--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church.

Peace.

Pacifism--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church.

Pacifism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (285 pages).

Place of Publication:

Eugene, Oregon : Pickwick Publications, [2012]

Summary:

Pentecostals and Nonviolence explores how a distinctly Pentecostal-charismatic peace witness might be reinvigorated and sustained in the twenty-first century. To do so, the book examines the nature of the early Pentecostal commitment to nonviolence, and investigates the possibilities that might emerge from Pentecostals and Anabaptists entering into conversation and worship with each other. Contributors engage the arguments surrounding the heritage of Pentecostal pacifism in the United States and then move toward exploring nonviolence and peacemaking as crucial for contemporary Christianity as a whole. Ranging from theology, testimony, and pastoral ministry to interchurch relations, activism, and protest, this diverse collection of essays challenge and invite the whole church to the task of peacemaking while exploring the distinctive, and often neglected, contributions from the Pentecostal-charismatic tradition.

Contents:

Extent of early Pentecostal pacifism / Jay Beaman

"I thank my God for the persecution": conscientious objection in the Church of God in Christ during World War I / Theodore Kornweibel, Jr.

Early foursquare attitudes toward pacifism and conscientious objection, 1917-1945 / Brian K. Pipkin

"Crossing borders": arguments used by early American Pentecostals in support of the global character of pacifism / Murray W. Dempster

Pentecost and the end of patriotism: a call for the restoration of pacifism among Pentecostal Christians / Joel Shuman

Prophetic "patriotic" Pentecostal peacemaking: early Assemblies of God pacifism and the twentieth century / Paul Alexander

Rebuild Afghanistan: a declaration of faithfulness: a transforming initiative, September 25, 2001 / Paul Alexander

Jesus-shaped and Spirit-empowered peace with justice: toward a christomorphic pneumatology / Paul Alexanader

What the church teaches about war: a COGIC consicentious objection priciple / Elder Daivd A. Hall, Sr.

Send Judah first: a Pentecostal perspective on peace / Marlon Millner

Toward a Pentecostal contribution to the just war tradition / Michael Beals

Pastoring a peace church / Jonathan Martin

Preaching Christ crucified: sharing (in) the Spirit of God's nonviolent future / Jarrod Saul McKenna

Letter to the editor: Waxahachie daily light, January 2006 / Paul Alexander

Spirit-empowered peacemaking as evangelical, ecumenical, and Pentecostal opportunity / Paul Alexander

Scandalous partners in protest: a continuiing dialogue / Andrew S. Hamilton and Kenneth J. Archer

My life as a Menno-costal: a personal and theological narrative / Martin William Mittelstadt

"Thank you and please": an address to Mennonite Church USA, July 4, 2007 / Paul Alexander

Bibliography of resources for further study / compiled by Brian K. Pipkin.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781621899136

1621899136