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Pentecostal Public Theology

Engaged Christianity and Transformed Society in Europe

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  • Jul 2024
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Overview

  • First academic work to focus explicitly on Pentecostal public theology in Europe
  • Discusses themes such as race, economics, and political engagement the context of European Pentecostalism
  • Provides a European historical overview of Pentecostal Public theology

Part of the book series: Christianity and Renewal - Interdisciplinary Studies (CHARIS)

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Keywords

  • Pentecostalism
  • public life
  • Europe
  • politics
  • Charismatic Christianity

About this book

This is the first academic work to focus explicitly on Pentecostal public theology in Europe. Following a growing interest in understanding Pentecostal beliefs and practices with respect to the public sphere, this book shifts the focus of Pentecostal engagement with politics, society, and culture from the Global South and North America to Europe. This work also discusses themes such as Pentecostal public values, identity, nationalism, poverty, democracy, education, race, and political engagement in the context of European Pentecostalism. The book provides an historical overview by bringing together various European voices to discuss the current challenges and possible trajectories for Pentecostal public theology in a constructive fashion. With contributions from leading and emerging European Pentecostal and Charismatic scholars, this book is a must for scholars interested in understanding Pentecostal beliefs and practices in the public sphere in a European context.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Regents Theological College, West Malvern, United Kingdom

    Simo Frestadius

  • London School of Theology, Northwood, United Kingdom

    Mark J. Cartledge

About the editors

Simo Frestadius is dean of research and executive director of the Institute for Pentecostal Theology at Regents Theological College, UK. He is also an ordained minister in the Elim Pentecostal Church and the chair of the European Pentecostal Theological Association (EPTA). 

Mark J. Cartledge is a practical theologian who has spent much of his academic career studying Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity. A priest in the Church of England, he has moved between Church ministry and academic work. He is the principal of the London School of Theology, UK and a past president of the Society for Pentecostal Studies.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Pentecostal Public Theology

  • Book Subtitle: Engaged Christianity and Transformed Society in Europe

  • Editors: Simo Frestadius, Mark J. Cartledge

  • Series Title: Christianity and Renewal - Interdisciplinary Studies

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-61300-5Due: 09 August 2024

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-61303-6Due: 09 August 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-61301-2Due: 09 August 2024

  • Series ISSN: 2634-5854

  • Series E-ISSN: 2634-5862

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations

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