Overview

A healthy and fruitful political theology is essential for the future of Pentecostal and Charismatic movements worldwide. This book offers crucial reflections on how to develop this area of theology. First, Binyet presents a central debate in political theology: the rift between neo-traditional and liberal Augustinianism. This debate helps situating the emerging voices of Pentecostal and Charismatic scholarship within the field of political theology, revealing the diversity, creativity, and significant potential of Pentecostal and Charismatic approaches to politics. Second, this incisive work provides a constructive proposal for the development of Pentecostal and Charismatic political theology. This analysis is grounded in the underlying conviction that Pentecostal and Charismatic spirituality is inherently political, and that political theology should begin with the ecclesial practices of Pentecostalism. Binyet advocates for a critical yet radical embrace of Pentecostal and Charismatic spirituality, particularly its charismatic and apocalyptic dimensions, as a means to engage fruitfully with the political realm.

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The brilliance of this book is twofold. First, it maps out the leading English speaking political theological contributions under the categories of ontology, epistemology, ecclesiology and missiology, whilst carefully locating current Pentecostal voices in this landscape. Second, it creatively identifies key — and often neglected — ingredients from Pentecostal spirituality with a view to developing a truly charismatic and apocalyptic political theology. In doing so, the book is a fine survey of the debates to date and a prophetic call for a way forward. * Simo Frestadius, Regents Theological College, UK and Bangor University, UK *

Author Information

Ruben Binyet is a Teaching Fellow in systematic theology at HET-PRO and the teaching pastor at ICF Church, Switzerland.

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