Pentecostalism and Globalization: The Impact of Globalization on Pentecostal Theology and Ministry

Steven M. Studebaker

Sep 2010 · McMaster Theological Studies Series Book 2 · Wipf and Stock Publishers

About this ebook

In little over a century, the Pentecostal movement has emerged from small bands of revival seekers to become one of the largest Christian groups in the world. Primarily a movement within Western Christianity for much of its brief history, it is increasingly characterized as a global movement. Pentecostal theology and ministry in a Western context must engage global Pentecostalism and be willing to rethink its traditional patterns of thought and practice in light of the evolving nature of the movement. The essays in this book come mainly from the McMaster Divinity College 2008 Pentecostal Forum: "The Many Faces of Pentecostalism: Pentecostalism and Globalization." The first section outlines the nature of globalization and establishes it as the context for contemporary Pentecostal theology and ministry. The other contributions explore the impact of globalization on traditional areas of Pentecostal theology, such as Spirit baptism and speaking in tongues, and twenty-first-century Pentecostal ministry.

About the author

Steven M. Studebaker (PhD Marquette University) is Assistant Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology at McMaster Divinity College in Hamilton, Ontario and an active member in the Society for Pentecostal Studies. He is the editor of Defining Issues in Pentecostalism: Classical and Emergent (2008), and the author of Jonathan Edwards's Social Augustinian Trinitarianism in Historical and Contemporary Perspectives (2008). He is ordained with the Assemblies of God.