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A Response to the Pneuma Essays on Faith and Scholarship

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Article

Publication Date

2005

Abstract

The preceding essays demonstrate that there are many resources within the global Pentecostal Movement for reflecting on the ways in which scholarship and Christian faith might relate to each other. There is clearly a wide variety of well-articulated opinion within the Pentecostal community,including international voices. That in itself moves the conversation beyond its normal North American confines in a very healthy and meaningful way.There are three themes that seem to surface in nearly all the essays,sometimes as an essay’s main point and sometimes as a presupposition:hope, realism, and transformation. Concerns about hope, realism, and transformation are obviously not unique to Pentecostal faith and scholar-ship. They are often discussed by scholars from other Christian traditions and by non-Christian scholars as well. But their prominence in these essays, and the way these themes are tied to one another, suggest that hope, realism, and transformation may be important loci for continuing reflection in future Pentecostal discussions.

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Jacobsen, R. H., & Jacobsen, D. (2005). A response to the pneuma essays on faith and scholarship. Pneuma, 27(1), 157–160. https://doi.org/10.1163/157007405774270428

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