Overview

This collection of previously published essays reveals a personal journey. Two decades ago, I could not have anticipated the twenty-first century theological and methodological shifts in biblical studies. In these essays, I encourage readers to observe my evolution by way of adventures in Luke-Acts. In so doing, I invite readers to reimagine a story not simply about the past, but rich with possibilities

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Author:   Martin Mittelstadt
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   50
Weight:   0.001kg
ISBN:  

9789004518919

ISBN 10:   9004518916
Pages:   310
Publication Date:   10 October 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements List of Tables Abbreviations Introduction Part 1 Journeying with Peers: Review Essays 1 Academic and Pentecostal: An Appreciation of Roger Stronstad 1 Taking Ownership of a Pentecostal Heritage 2 A Classic in the Making: The Charismatic Theology of St. Luke 3 Enlarging the Reformation Vision 4 The Life in the Spirit New Testament Commentary: A Challenge to Canonical Chronology 5 Hermeneutical Debate 6 Celebrating the Life and Scholarship of Roger Stronstad 2 Reimagining Luke-Acts: Amos Yong and the Biblical Foundation of Pentecostal Theology 1 New Crossroad: Pentecost and Pentecostals after a Century 2 Yong and the Context for Luke’s Pneumatological Imagination 3 Luke, Pentecostals, and Yong: Conflicting Messages on Women 4 New Territory: Performing Interreligious Hospitality 5 Performing Inclusivity: Re-imagining Politics, (Dis)ability and (Im)migration 6 Conclusion 3 Craig Keener’s Acts: An Exegetical Encyclopedia in Four Volumes: An Almost Exhaustive and Exhausting Work 1 Introduction to the Commentary 2 Commentary Proper 3 Luke and Acts vs. Luke-Acts 4 Publication Oddities and Challenges 5 Prospective Readership 6 Final Remarks: Utter Admiration 4 For Profit or Delight?: Richard Pervo’s Contributions to Lukan Studies 1 The Emergence of Pervo—Foundations for a Career in Luke and Acts 2 The Works at Hand 3 Evaluation 4 Implications for a Pentecostal Readership Part 2 Themes in Luke-Acts 5 Eat, Drink, and Be Merry: A Theology of Hospitality in Luke-Acts 1 Hospitality in the Ancient World 2 The New Testament and Hospitality 3 Hospitality in Luke-Acts 4 Pentecost: Enlarging the Vision 5 Jesus on the Margins: Guest and Host 6 The Church at the Margins: Jesus to the World 7 Sacred Meals and Beyond 8 The Banquet as the Taste of Heaven 9 No Room for an F in Hospitality 6 Spirit and Suffering in Contemporary Pentecostalism: The Lukan Epic Continues 1 Introduction: A Twentieth-Century Epic of Lukan Proportions 2 Getting Started: Methodological Considerations 3 Pentecostal Challenge and Neglect 4 The Original Epic—Exegesis 5 The Epic Continues: Spirit and Suffering in Contemporary Pentecostalism Part 3 Anabaptist Affinities 7 My Life as a Mennocostal: A Personal and Theological Narrative 1 Personal Narrative 2 Theological Narrative 3 Pentecostal and Mennonite Convergence 4 Outlook—Prophetic and Postmodernism 8 Spirit and Peace in Luke-Acts: Possibilities for Pentecostal/Anabaptist Dialogue 1 Methodology: A Literary Analysis 2 Spirit and Peace—Thematic Prominence in Luke-Acts 3 The Way of Peace: Prophetic Anticipation (Luke 1:79; 2:14; 2:29) 4 Jesus and the Way of Peace—Paradigmatic and Preparatory 5 Fulfillment of the Gospel of Peace 6 Contemporary Possibilities: Pentecostals and Anabaptists in Conversation 9 Reading Luke-Acts as a Mennocostal: Pentecostals, Mennonites, and the Prophethood of All Believers 1 Twentieth Century Fisticuffs: More or Less History? 2 Turning the Corner: Thank God for Roger Stronstad and John Howard Yoder 3 Luke Timothy Johnson: A Catholic Guide to Mennocostal life 4 Reading Luke-Acts as a Mennocostal 5 Disclaimer and Invitation 10 Lukan Politics Then and Now: A Pentecostal Vision for The Common Good 1 Food Distribution in Acts 11:27–30 and 12:20–25 2 Concerning Incarcerations and Executions in Acts 12 and Beyond 3 Pentecostal Politics, Lukan Ambiguity, and Prophetic Imagination 4 Observations from Springfield, Missouri 11 Manifest Lament: Pentecostals, Lukan Hospitality, and Indigenous Decolonization 1 Living Haunted Lives: Concerning Peace, Dust, Decolonization, and Hospitality 2 “Unsettling” Reflections of a Canadian Pentecostal Part 4 Time for a U-Turn: The Rise of Reception History 12 Receiving Luke-Acts: The Rise of Reception History and a Call to Pentecostal Scholars 1 What is Reception History? 2 Receiving Luke-Acts in the Christian Tradition 3 Receiving Luke-Acts in the Pentecostal Tradition: Back to the Future 13 Nothing to Sneeze At: Receiving Acts 19:11–12 in the Canadian Pentecostal Tradition 1 Canadian Pentecostals and Their Handkerchiefs 2 Making Sense of Handkerchiefs 3 Pentecostals, Handkerchiefs, and Modern Hermeneutics 14 On Prodigals, Elder Brothers, and Fathers: The Reception of Luke 15:11–32 in the Pentecostal and Charismatic Traditions 1 The Rise of Reception History 2 Receiving Luke 15 in the Pentecostal and Charismatic Traditions 3 Conclusion: Preliminary Observations 15 A Century in the Making: Receiving the Samaritan Pentecost (Acts 8:4–25) in the Pentecostal and Charismatic Traditions 1 Tongue-Tied Classical Pentecostals 2 Subsequence without Evidential Tongues 3 The “First” New Issue: Beliefs, Baptisms, and More Tongues 4 Hands Extended by another Latter Rain 5 Charismatic Cousins 6 The nar: Spiritual and Territorial Warfare 7 Toward Hospitality Bibliography Index

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This book is part Luke-Acts commentary and critique; part reception history; and part testimony. Or, as pentecostal scholars insist, all of the above at once. Walk with my friend Marty through the forest of his scholarship, which is in many ways his autobiography. Savor the honesty of his comments on the trail, which shine with a depth of appreciation and critique that only seasoned insiders can offer. Rest with him at the site where he witnesses to Luke’s ongoing power “both to crush and to save my faith,” and ponder whether that tension is yours as well. - Holly Beers Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Westmont College

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