A Nondualistic Pentecostal Theology is an invitation to think through a dialectical theology for the third millennium that is grounded in nonduality and spoken from a pentecostal perspective. Amos Yong has developed such a theology, providing a place to begin yet stops short of coherent nondualism. Through Pentecost-inspired themes, systematic complexity, and interdisciplinary input, Yong highlights the many tongues of a pentecostal theology yet continues to speak of God in dualistic terms. Missed opportunities to sublate dualism are therefore identified and rectified through nondualistic coherence. With assistance from Slavoj iek, the pentecostal imagination retrieves and reconfigures the essential themes found in Yongs theology and philosophy. The result is a nondualistic pentecostal theology committed to the richness of connection and capacity within the overarching concept of becoming.
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Moffatt takes Yongs theology to a place that is more-than-Yong, yet it is inherent to Yongs thought, intrinsic to its excessive core. Moffatt, in reading Yong to regain or uncover the creative impulses that Yong ignored in the actualization of his thought, exposes Yongs oeuvre to a new audience of critical theorists and radical theologians. In doing this, Moffatt himself shines (abides) in the glory of continental-philosophy-informed pentecostal theology. This book ultimately announces Moffatt as a careful and rigorous thinker and a powerhouse in the catalytic discipline of Pentecostal philosophical theology. -- Nimi Wariboko, Boston University This book requires us to rethink not only our views, but our assumptions. By providing a critical reading of Yongs Pentecostal theology alongside a constructive proposal for ieks philosophy, Moffatt presents a robust new model for overcoming dualism in the name of greater coherence between theology and philosophy. Challenging and yet invitational, this book positions Moffatt as a thinker who is changing the landscape of philosophical theology in real time. -- J. Aaron Simmons, Furman University; author of God and the Other
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This work examines the contradiction between Amos Yongs philosophical nondualism and theological dualism and Slavoj ieks Hegelian dialectics. What emerges is a nondualistic pentecostal theology that identifies the God-World relationship as inextricable, dialectics being driven by negativity, and transcendence as the creative act.
Introduction: From Dualism to Nondualism
Chapter 1: Tracing the Groundwork
Chapter 2: Amos Yong on Trinity, Dialectics, and Transcendence
Chapter 3: ieks Hegelian Dialectics
Chapter 4: iek on Transcendence and Trinity vis-ą-vis Dialectics
Chapter 5: A Speculative Modification of Amos Yongs Trinity, Dialectic, and
Transcendence
Chapter 6: God the Negative
Spencer Moffatt, PhD, is an independent scholar and hospice chaplain in Minneapolis, MN.
