The Holy Spirit and the Reformation Legacy
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Overview
This collection of essays explores the legacy of the Reformation with regard to the person and work of the Holy Spirit. Following the five-hundredth anniversary of Luther's posting of his ninety-five theses, these essays consider this legacy with particular reference to the work of Martin Luther and John Calvin, as well as broader Reformation themes as they are related to pneumatology and the life of the church today. The contribution of this collection is to tease out and reflect on pneumatology historically but also to relate these findings to contemporary discussions, especially among scholars of pentecostal and charismatic Christianity. Together these essays invite readers to appreciate the contribution that the Protestant Reformation makes to life in the Holy Spirit today, as well as offering critical and constructive reflection on this theme. It is a timely and significant contribution to the discussions of the person and work of the Holy Spirit and the church.
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- Explores how God’s Spirit was active amid the Reformation's human striving and strife
- Presents paper chapters by various contributors which study the influence of Martin Luther, the legacy of John Calvin, and three papers which reflect on several Reformation themes
- Results from the question of whether we, as Christians who affirm the providence and sovereignty of God, dare to discern the role of the Holy Spirit in the momentuous events that led to the Reformation
- Introduction - Mark A. Jumper and Mark Cari Ledge
Part One: The Legacy of Martin Luther
- Rivers of Living Water: Martin Luther’s Pneumatology German Idealism, and Modem Catholic Theology - Michael M.C.Reardon
- Hermeneutica Sacra Echoes of Martin Luthers Reformation Hermeneutics in Canonical Criticism / Samuel W Muindi
- Pentecostal Reception of Luther and Lutheranism: An Analysis of Early Devotional Literature - Donald W Kammer
- Re-forming Formative Spirituality in the Matrix of the Protestant Reformation - Mara Lief Crabtree
- A Pentecostal Paradigm that Reconciles: The Theology of the Cross and Christian Perfection - Lance Bacon
- Katharina Luther and the Changing Role of Women in Christianity - Barbara Elkier
Part Two: The Legacy of John Calvin
- John Calvin and the Holy Spirit: Pneumatological Union with Christ - Andrew Snyder
- The Influence of John Calvins Pneumatology on Karl Barth - David M Barbee
- John Calvins Criteria for the Functioning of the Charismata: The Impact on Contemporary Worship - Fitzroy John Willis
- John Calvin. The Gifts, and Prophecy - Daniel B. Gilbert
Part Three: Reformation Themes
- Reformation, Cessationism, and Renewal - Christopher Wilson
- Justification and Transformation as a Better Model Than Theosis - James M. Henderson
- The Reformation, World-Changing, and the Thesis of James Davison Hunter - Jan B. Drayer
A compelling and creative pentecostal contribution to the celebration and recovery of the Protestant Reformation. It investigates Luther’s and Calvin’s legacy in select areas of theology, hermeneutics, spirituality, worship, and women in ministry. It brings Protestant Reformation theology into conversation with key areas of contemporary charismatic theology—gifts and renewal, justification and the transformation of life, and participation in social change. A pneumatological and pentecostal perspective grounds its historical and contemporary dialogue with Luther, Calvin, and Reformation theology.
Steven M. Studebaker, Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology, Howard and Shirley Bentall Chair in Evangelical Thought, McMaster Divinity College
Those who view the Reformation as word rather than Spirit dominated will find this intriguing collection of essays edited by Mark Cartledge and Mark Jumper to be especially enlightening. Offered in celebration of the five-hundredth anniversary of Luther’s ninety-five theses, these essays show us the varied contributions of the Reformation to pneumatology and trace their influence into the modern era. Tremendously informative and creative.
Frank D. Macchia, Professor of Systematic Theology, Vanguard University