The Society for Pentecostal Studies (SPS) stands as the foremost scholarly organization dedicated to the academic study of Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity in the world. Founded in 1970, it has spent over five decades building a rigorous, ecumenical, and globally engaged academic community — one that takes seriously both the intellectual demands of the academy…
The Pneuma Review (pneumareview.com) is one of the most significant and enduring online journals dedicated to Pentecostal and Charismatic theology in the English-speaking world — active since 1998, featuring scholars like Amos Yong and Craig Keener. A must-read for every Pentecostal minister and scholar.
Author(s): Harold D. HunterPublished in: Pneuma / Holiness Pentecostal Studies Abstract Examines the initial-evidence doctrine — the teaching that speaking in tongues is the necessary sign of Spirit baptism — from a European-American Holiness Pentecostal standpoint. Hunter engages diverse theological perspectives within the movement, assessing the biblical, historical, and ecumenical dimensions of this foundational but…
Author(s): Nimi WaribokoPublished in: Pneuma, Vol. 45, Issue 1 (2023), pp. 1–14 Abstract Introduction to a special issue of Pneuma that sits between natality and mortality — literally and metaphorically. Challenges received histories of the Azusa Street Revival while offering methods of Pentecostal scholarship that carry forward the memories, hopes, and futures of human-divine encounters….
Author(s): Kenneth J. ArcherPublished in: Society for Pentecostal Studies (2021) Abstract Identifies the emergence of a Pentecostal theological hermeneutic integrated around the holy triad — Holy Spirit, Holy Scripture, and holy community — resulting from Pentecostalism’s engagement with the linguistic and postmodern turn. Also addresses the unique role of the Society for Pentecostal Studies as…
Author(s): Adrian P. RosenPublished in: Book Review Abstract A critical review of L. William Oliverio Jr.’s essay collection on the condition of Pentecostal interpretation in the late modern world. Oliverio engages a variety of philosophers and theologians in a historical, constructive, and ecumenical approach to Pentecostal hermeneutics, pointing to a way forward for Pentecostal interpretive…
Author(s): Kenneth J. Archer & Andrew S. HamiltonPublished in: Scottish Journal of Theology, Cambridge University Press (2010) Abstract An ecumenical conversation between Pentecostal and Anabaptist-Pietist traditions exploring shared impulses of protest, renewal, and radical discipleship. The article focuses on footwashing as a transformative practice of Christian love and fellowship, arguing that these traditions are scandalous…
Author(s): Martin W. MittelstadtPublished in: Canadian Journal of Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity Abstract Narrates Roger Stronstad’s journey in Pentecostal scholarship and offers an appreciative assessment of his enduring academic contributions. Mittelstadt summarizes The Charismatic Theology of St. Luke and addresses the Prophethood of All Believers, situating Stronstad’s work within the broader conversation on Lukan pneumatology. Full Article…
Author(s): Kenneth J. ArcherPublished in: Pneuma / Journal of Pentecostal Studies Abstract Emphasizes the necessity of doing Pentecostal theology by means of an integrative methodology and in a narrative manner that flows out of Pentecostal identity. Archer argues that Pentecostal theology must move beyond the evangelical impasse and ground itself pneumatologically, organized around the Five-fold…
Author(s): Harold D. HunterPublished in: Enrichment Journal, Vol. 11, No. 2 (Spring 2006), pp. 78–90 Abstract Examines the historical and theological development of the doctrine of Spirit baptism as it emerged from the Azusa Street Revival, tracing how its contours were shaped and transmitted within early Pentecostalism. Hunter argues that the Azusa Street Revival was…
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