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Interdisciplinary and Religio-Cultural Discourses on a Spirit-Filled World This page intentionally left blank Interdisciplinary and Religio-Cultural Discourses on a Spirit-Filled World Loosing the Spirits EditedbyVeli-MattiKärkkäinen,KirsteenKim,andAmosYong interdisciplinaryandreligio-culturaldiscoursesonaspirit-filled world Copyright©2013,Veli-MattiKärkkäinen,KirsteenKim,andAmosYong Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2013 978-1-137-26898-3 Allrightsreserved. Firstpublishedin2013by PALGRAVEMACMILLAN® intheUnitedStates—adivisionofSt.Martin’sPressLLC, 175FifthAvenue,NewYork,NY10010. WherethisbookisdistributedintheUK,EuropeandtherestoftheWorld, thisisbyPalgraveMacmillan,adivisionofMacmillanPublishersLimited, registeredinEngland,companynumber785998,ofHoundmills, Basingstoke,HampshireRG216XS. PalgraveMacmillanistheglobalacademicimprintoftheabove companiesandhascompaniesandrepresentativesthroughouttheworld. Palgrave®andMacmillan®areregisteredtrademarksintheUnitedStates, theUnitedKingdom,Europeandothercountries. ISBN 978-1-349-44371-0 ISBN 978-1-137-26899-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137268990 LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Interdisciplinaryandreligio-culturaldiscoursesonaspirit-filledworld: loosingthespirits/editedbyVeli-MattiKärkkäinen,KirsteenKim, andAmosYong. pages cm 1. Spirits. I. Kärkkäinen,Veli-Matti,editorofcompilation. BL477.I582013 202(cid:2).1—dc23 2013015326 AcataloguerecordofthebookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. DesignbyIntegraSoftwareServices Firstedition:September2013 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Contents ListofFigures vii Preface ix NotesonContributors xi OnBinding,andLoosing,theSpirits:NavigatingandEngaging aSpirit-FilledWorld 1 AmosYong Part I SpiritsinTheologyandReligion 1 AStubbornMissionary,aSlaveGirl,andaScholar:The AmbiguityofInspirationintheBookofActs 15 JohnR.(Jack)Levison 2 Spirit(s)inContemporaryChristianTheology:AnInterim ReportoftheUnbindingofPneumatology 29 Veli-MattiKärkkäinen 3 SpiritandSpiritsinAfricanReligiousTraditions 41 J.KwabenaAsamoah-Gyadu 4 SpiritandSpiritsinPantheisticShintoism:ACriticalDialogue withChristianPanentheism 55 NaokiInoue Part II TheSpiritsofHistoryandCulture 5 ChaosorCompletion:TheWorkofSpiritsinHistory 71 PatrickOden 6 ArtandtheSpiritual 85 RobertK.Johnston vi ● Contents 7 PneumakinesisandStephenKing:“Rebooting”theDiscussion onParanormalFear 97 D.WalterStaggs,Jr. 8 AngelsandPentecostals:AnEmpiricalInvestigationinto GrassrootsOpinionsonAngelsamongAssembliesofGod, UKMembers 111 AnneE.Dyer Part III TheSpiritsofthePolis 9 SpiritsofthePolitical:TheologicalEngagementinthePublic Sphere 125 SebastianC.H.Kim 10 SpiritsandEconomics 141 NimiWariboko 11 TalkingBack,ActingUp:WrestlingwithSpiritsinSocialBodies 155 BradfordHinze 12 Demonization,Discernment,andDeliveranceinInterreligious Encounters 171 TonyRichie Part IV TheSpiritsofNatureandtheCosmos 13 TheSpiritinEvolutionandinNature 187 PhilipClayton 14 ChristianAnimism,GreenSpiritTheology,andtheGlobal Crisistoday 197 MarkI.Wallace 15 SpiritsandtheStars:ASpirit-FilledCosmology 213 DavidBradnick 16 VectorFieldsastheEmpiricalCorrelateoftheSpirit(s): AMeta-PannenbergianApproachtoPneumatologicalPluralism 227 ErwinT.Morales Conclusion:TheHolySpiritinaSpirit-filledWorld:Broadeningthe DialoguePartnersofChristianTheology 243 KirsteenKim Index 257 Figures 16.1 Gravitationalfieldnearthesurfaceoftheearthactingona simplependulum 232 16.2 Vectorfieldofasimplependulum 232 16.3 Vectorfieldofadampedpendulum 233 This page intentionally left blank Preface New books are born in at least two different ways. Often, they are the result of longandcarefulplanningandvisioning.Atothertimes,aspontaneousideamay give rise to a project and soon it will take wings and soar. The current volume belongs tothelattercategory.Afewyearsago,wethreeeditors,havingjustfin- ishedasymposiumonreligiouspluralityintheEastCoastoftheUnitedStates, wereenjoyingaquietandrelaxingmomentofdinnerandfellowship.Wegotto talkingaboutthedifferentshapeofpneumatologyindifferentculturesandVeli- MattiturnedtoKirsteenandAmossuggestinganewbookideaonpneumatology. Itwasavagueandsuggestiveidea,something“new”and“exciting”tobeexplored. Wechattedabitbutnoneofusreallyhadmuchenergyleftatthetime.Hardly hadKirsteenreturnedhometotheUnitedKingdomandVeli-MattitotheWest CoastwhentherewasanemailcommunicationfromAmos.Notonlywasitan affirmationofthefeasibilityofandneedforanewexploratoryeditedvolumeon pneumatologybutitwasmuchmore:itwasafairlydetailedplan—severalpages long!Whatastart! Severalintuitionsanddreamsguidedthejointproject.Wewantedtoexplore pneumatology in an intercultural and interdisciplinary matrix of ideas in a way thatwouldintentionallypushtheboundaries,suggestnewboldideas,andmake room for creative thinking. In order to accomplish an innovative investigation intotheSpirit/spirits,wewantedtogatherasdiverseagroupofscholarsaspos- sible,allthewayfromseasoned,establishedscholarsto“fledglings,”includinga number of doctoral students. The authors who have responded to our call rep- resent diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, various Christian traditions (includingProtestant,Pentecostal,andCatholic),andmanytheologicalorienta- tions.Wearegratefulthattheyhavebeenabletoappreciatetheexploratoryvision ofthisvolumeandarealsothankfulthattheyhaveworkedintentionallywithus, someatgreatlength,toengagedirectlywiththecuttingedgeofthebook’scentral thrusts. The repeated rejections from various publishers, while acknowledging the creativity and novelty of the manuscript—ironically—affirmed to us the need for this kind of exploration and confirmed initial intuitions! We are happy and proud that Palgrave dared to go with our project—three cheers to Burke Gerstenschlager,ourPalgraveeditor,forbeingwillingtotaketheriskofpublish- ingthisvolume.ThanksalsotoKaylanConnellyandothersatPalgravefortheir expertandefficienthandlingofthemanuscriptfromstarttofinish.
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