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Index of Articles in Journals Focused on Pentecostal Studies

Michael Buban — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 14:19:23 +0000

Pentecostal studies are a developing and quite variegated field both in variety of its currents and in the material that researchers are required to handle. As a teacher at a pentecostal bible school and a researcher in pentecostalism, I've always recognized it as my duty to get to know this field as thoroughly as possible. At the same time, I've been finding it difficult to gather sources that would help me with my writing. I just needed to have everything in one place. (Remember that I'm based in a country where no substantial theological library focused on pentecostal studies exists.)

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Pneumatic Interpretation in the Renewal Tradition: The First 50 Years (book review)

Michael Buban — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 14:39:52 +0000

The overarching message of Mather's argument is this: The Spirit works through Scripture and moves beyond its original meaning to interpret us in and through our cognition, our emotions, and our action. Our understanding of the truth that the Spirit conveys is always penultimate. Pneumatic interpretation can not be understood solely in relation to the biblical text. Central to it is the intimate relationship with the triune God. Cultivating this relationship has a positive effect on our pneumatic discernment. This implies the acute need for inner healing.

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Pneumatic Hermeneutics: The Role of the Holy Spirit in Theological Interpretation of Scripture (book review)

Michael Buban — Thu, 22 Aug 2019 14:05:01 +0000

Leulseged Philemon Tesfaye's 2018 dissertation was supervised by Joel B. Green and submitted at the Fuller Theological Seminary. It bears a generous title, Pneumatic Hermeneutics: The Role of the Holy Spirit in Theological Interpretation of Scripture, and it indeed tries to meet expectations which this title may raise. In his attempt to fill the gap in understanding of the Spirit's role in the theological interpretation of Scripture (TIS), the author tries to place pneumatic hermeneutics in a wider dialogue across Christian historical traditions. The dissertation is forthcoming at CPT Press.

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The Fall of Pentecostal Premillennialism (teaching notes)

Michael Buban — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 15:36:21 +0000

In this paper, I basically want to demonstrate that the demise of Pentecostal dispensationalism along with some further contemporary factors are removing the bedrock upon which Pentecostal premillennialism was standing, which is why it is being currently downplayed as the core Pentecostal eschatological doctrine. By the end, I propose that Pentecostal eschatology should still remain premillennial.

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The Christocentric Experience of Pentecostal Eschatology (paper draft)

Michael Buban — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 09:14:33 +0000

Lo and behold, I'm back. Living and breathing, after another super exhausting semester of intense teaching, all kinds of troubles, first PhD class, and so on, I'm beginning to face certain symptoms of burn out syndrome. Nonetheless I finally managed to finish and format the paper that I was presenting at our Czech Pentecostal symposium in January. […]

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The motivation behind Archer’s hermeneutical project

Michael Buban — Mon, 26 Nov 2018 14:00:36 +0000

In the previous article, I was answering a question on the difference between hermeneutical approaches of Craig Keener and Kenneth Archer. It was explained that while Keener is a practicing charismatic, his hermeneutical approach is leaning towards classical evangelicalism with its emphasis on the original meaning of biblical text. Archer, on the other hand, follows a […]

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How do Craig Keener and Kenneth Archer differ in their approach to biblical interpretation?

Michael Buban — Fri, 23 Nov 2018 14:00:42 +0000

The difference is in the overall approach to hermeneutics. Basically, Keener follows evangelical approach to hermeneutics while Archer is heavily influenced by contemporary literary theory. I'll try to explain the difference in these 9 brief points. Both Keener and Archer are continualists, to be sure. They both believe in Spirit baptism for today. Archer comes from […]

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Three’s a Crowd: Pentecostalism, Hermeneutics, and the Old Testament (book review)

Michael Buban — Tue, 23 Oct 2018 21:53:55 +0000

Jacqueline Grey, Three’s a Crowd : Pentecostalism, Hermeneutics, and the Old Testament (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2011). As I was getting ready for my classes on the Old Testament literature and as I was putting together preliminary ideas in Pentecostal hermeneutics, it did seem like a good idea to join these efforts into one and to pick Jacqueline […]

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An Exhaustive Bibliography of Pentecostal Hermeneutics (draft)

Michael Buban — Tue, 23 Oct 2018 10:55:06 +0000

On Friday I've published a draft of my exhaustive bibliography of Pentecostal hermeneutics on Academia. It is intended as an exercise in the early stage of my preliminary research on the intersection between Pentecostal theology and biblical interpretation. It’s a working draft and it should grow not only in length, but also in focus and quality. […]

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Types of Pentecostal Theology: Method, System, Spirit (book review)

Michael Buban — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 14:00:18 +0000

Christopher A. Stephenson, Types of Pentecostal Theology: Method, System, Spirit, Academy series (New York: Oxford University Press, 2013). This is a slightly revised form of the author's dissertation defended in 2009 at Marquette University. The book needs to be bought, but the original dissertation is available here for free. Stephenson is voice from the current young wave in […]

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