Pentecostal Perspectives on Social Justice: Rationale, Form and Practice. A Dialogue with Jürgen Moltmann.

Abstract

This thesis outlines a pneumatological and eschatological rational for a Pentecostal perspective on social justice, as well as its form and significance in practice. In order to do so, four repre-sentative voices from within Pentecostalism shall be analysed in regard to their contribution to-wards a pneumatological and eschatological rational of social justice (Matthias Wenk, male, Eu-ropean; Lisa Stephenson, female, North-American; Samuel Solivan, male South-American; Amos Yong, male, Asian). Afterwards these voices are brought into dialogue Jürgen Moltmann and his rational for a pneumatological and eschatological rational of social justice. Moltmann has been chosen because he, more than others, pointed out explicitly the need for a greater emphasis on the Spirit and eschatology when discussing social justice. At the end the contours of a pneu-matological and eschatological rational for social justice shall be outlined, with a special em-phasis on identity rather than action as its starting point. It is only thereafter that resulting con-clusions for application in practice will be deduced.

Date of Award	13 Feb 2024
Original language	English
Awarding Institution	Bangor University
Supervisor	Frank D. Macchia (Supervisor)