Spirit Hermeneutics : Reading Scripture in Light of Pentecost.

Title Page
 Copyright
 Table of Contents
 Foreword, by Amos Yong
 Acknowledgments
 Abbreviations
 Introduction
 What This Book Is Not
 What Is Spirit Hermeneutics?
 Insights from Global Pentecostal Emphases on the Spirit
 Pentecostal Hermeneutics and Spirit Hermeneutics
 The "Pentecostal" in "Pentecostal Hermeneutics"
 Descriptive or Prescriptive?
 A More Prescriptive Approach
 The Wider Christian Hermeneutic of the Spirit
 How Does Illumination Function?
 The Wider Christian Tradition Affirms Illumination
 Interdenominational Consensus
 My Own Background
 My Own Development in Thinking. A Legacy from Pentecostal ScholarsI. A Theological Reading Toward Praxis and Mission
 1. Reading Experientially
 Early Pentecostalism's Missiological Reading of Acts 2
 Looking to Biblical Narratives for Models
 The Value in Reading Devotionally
 Reading Biblically Is Reading Experientially
 A Pentecostal Approach
 Experiential Reading in Other Charismatic Hermeneutics
 Experiential Reading Is Inevitable
 Experiential Reading Is Desirable
 Experiential Reading Is Biblical
 One-time Events
 Conclusion
 2. Reading from the Vantage of Pentecost
 Knowing God's Heart
 Reading Missionally. Reading from within Spirit-filled ExperienceReading with the Humble
 An Eschatological Reading
 On the Border of a New World
 The Last Days of Acts 2:17
 Pentecost and Its Subsequent Revivals
 Noncessationist, or Continuationist, Reading
 Conclusion
 II. Global Readings
 3. Global Reading: The Biblical Model of Pentecost
 Reversal of Babel
 Narrative Function of Tongues in Acts
 Association with Baptism in the Spirit in Classical Pentecostal Interpretation
 Tongues and Cross-cultural Mission
 The Bicultural Hellenists (Acts 6)
 Conclusion
 4. Global Reading: Contextualization and Scripture. Introduction: Scripture and ContextScripture as a Cross-cultural Canon
 Insights on Scripture from Diverse Cultures
 Cross-cultural Communication within Scripture: A Case Study
 Contextualization within the Bible
 Recontextualization for a New Context in Scripture
 Conclusion
 5. Needing Other Cultures' Input
 Contextualization Is Inevitable
 Culture Shapes What We Think Is Cultural
 Blind Spots
 Prioritizing Texts
 Bible Teaching and Cultural Imperialism
 Hearing Today's Global Church
 Brief Excursus on Method
 Conclusion
 6. Some Valuable Majority World Insights
 Case Study I: Spirits. Global Experiences concerning SpiritsWestern Academic vs. Indigenous Interpretations
 Witchcraft
 Case Study II: Miracles
 Sympathy vs. Antipathy
 Widespread Experiences
 Reading Miracles with the Global Church
 Challenging Western Skepticism about Miracles
 Conclusion
 III. Connection With the Designed Sense
 7. The Measuring Stick
 The Shape of the Canonical Documents
 Interpretive Goals Dictate Methods
 Pentecostal Tradition and the Canon
 Fundamental Truths
 Charismatic Granola
 The Purpose of Canon
 Evaluating Other Revelations
 Discernment
 Biblical Spirit, Spirit-inspired Bible.