Society for Pentecostal Studies

The Society for Pentecostal Studies (SPS) — international scholarly association dedicated to Pentecostal and Charismatic studies.

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The Role of Experience in the Interpretation of Miracle Narratives in Lucan Literature
ByRoger Oliveira de Mattos May 17, 2026July 8, 2026
Author(s): Robert R. WadholmPublished in: 36th Annual Meeting of the Society for Pentecostal Studies — Trinity Theological Seminary Abstract This paper explores the role of experience in interpreting miracle narratives in Luke-Acts, advocating for a holistic hermeneutic that takes seriously presuppositions, exegetical analysis, biblical-theological synthesis, and contemporary application of miraculous texts. Wadholm surveys rationalist critiques…
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Pentecostal Story: The Hermeneutical Filter for the Making of Meaning
ByRoger Oliveira de Mattos May 17, 2026July 8, 2026
Author(s): Kenneth J. ArcherPublished in: PNEUMA: Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies, Vol. 26, No. 1 (Spring 2004)DOI: 10.1163/157007404776111090 Abstract Archer proposes a community narrative hermeneutic for Pentecostal biblical interpretation, arguing that the Pentecostal story functions as a hermeneutical filter that shapes how Pentecostals read, understand, and apply Scripture. Drawing on narrative theology and…
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Nourishment for Our Journey: The Pentecostal Via Salutis and Sacramental Ordinances
ByRoger Oliveira de Mattos May 17, 2026July 8, 2026
Author(s): Kenneth J. ArcherPublished in: Journal of Pentecostal Theology 13.1 (2004) 79–97 Abstract Explores the Pentecostal via salutis — the way of salvation — and its relationship to sacramental ordinances such as water baptism and the Lord’s Supper. Archer argues that these community practices function as narrative enactments of the Pentecostal story of salvation, nourishing…
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Pentecostal Scholarship and Scholarship on Pentecostalism: The Next Generation
ByRoger Oliveira de Mattos May 17, 2026July 8, 2026
Author(s): Amos YongPublished in: Pneuma 34 (2012) 161–165 — Society for Pentecostal Studies Abstract Reflects on the state and future of Pentecostal scholarship within the Society for Pentecostal Studies (SPS). Yong examines the relationship between insider Pentecostal scholarship and external academic study of Pentecostalism, calling for a new generation of scholars committed to both intellectual…
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Pentecostal Social Engagement: Excerpts From Around the World
ByRoger Oliveira de Mattos May 17, 2026July 8, 2026
Author(s): Rev. Dr. Harold D. HunterPublished in: Academic Essay — Pentecostal Social Ethics Abstract Surveys global Pentecostal social engagement through a collection of historical and contemporary vignettes. Hunter documents how Pentecostals have engaged issues of peace, justice, environment, and social witness around the world, challenging reductive narratives about Pentecostalism’s supposed apolitical or otherworldly character. Full…
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Pentecost as Facet of the Church-in-Mission or Culmination of the Missio Dei? A Pentecostal Renewing of Bosch’s Mission Theology
ByRoger Oliveira de Mattos May 17, 2026July 8, 2026
Author(s): Amos YongPublished in: Missionalia 47-2 (2019) Abstract Engages David Bosch’s landmark missiology from a Pentecostal perspective. Yong evaluates Bosch’s understanding of Pentecost within the church’s mission and proposes a Pentecostal renewal of his Reformed missio Dei framework, arguing for a more robustly pneumatological and eschatological vision of Christian mission. Full Article (PDF)
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Luke’s Understanding of Baptism in the Holy Spirit: An Evangelical Perspective
ByRoger Oliveira de Mattos May 17, 2026July 8, 2026
Author(s): Arie W. ZwiepPublished in: PentecoStudies, Vol. 6 No. 2 (2007) 127–149 Abstract Examines Luke’s distinctive theology of Spirit baptism from an Evangelical perspective. Zwiep provides a careful exegetical analysis of the Lukan corpus, engaging Pentecostal readings of Spirit baptism as a subsequent and empowering experience, and situating these within broader evangelical and biblical-theological discussions….
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“Full Communion”: A Pentecostal Prayer
ByRoger Oliveira de Mattos May 17, 2026July 8, 2026
Author(s): Harold D. HunterPublished in: Ecumenical Trends, Vol. 37 No. 1 (January 2008) Abstract Explores the Pentecostal contribution to ecumenical dialogue and the pursuit of visible Christian unity. Hunter reflects on full communion from a Pentecostal perspective, drawing on his experience organizing international ecumenical gatherings and engaging the pneumatological dimensions of the call to unity…
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Liberating Hermeneutics: The Intersections of Pentecostal Mission and Latin American Theology in the Margins
ByRoger Oliveira de Mattos May 17, 2026July 8, 2026
Author(s): Kenneth J. Archer & Richard E. WaldropPublished in: Academic Essay — Pentecostal Mission & Liberation Theology Abstract Explores the productive intersections between Pentecostal mission hermeneutics and Latin American Liberation Theology. Archer and Waldrop argue for a hermeneutics from the margins that takes seriously both the Spirit’s empowerment of the poor and the liberating dimension…
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God—Creation’s Hope, Creation—God’s Home: A Pentecostal Theological Response to Terence E. Fretheim
ByRoger Oliveira de Mattos May 17, 2026July 8, 2026
Author(s): Kenneth J. ArcherPublished in: Journal of Pentecostal Theology 19 (2010) 198–212 — Brill Abstract A Pentecostal theological engagement with Terence Fretheim’s relational theology of creation. Archer responds to Fretheim’s God and World in the Old Testament through a Pentecostal-charismatic lens, exploring the Spirit’s role in creation, eschatological hope, and the dynamic relationship between Creator…
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