Details for Pentecostal Hermeneutics

Awards offering Pentecostal Hermeneutics

This unit is offered as a part of the following awards:

Unit Content

Curriculum Objective

This course unit of advanced theology applies principals off method and interpretation to a key aspect of Pentecostal church life. 

Outcomes

Students should be able to:

• demonstrate a thorough knowledge of various approaches to the reading of Scripture
• display a perceptive understanding of different methods and sources of theology
• critically appreciate the ethos of the twentieth-century Pentecostal movement, and the implications of this ethos for biblical hermeneutics and theological method
• apply principles of hermeneutics to the interpretation of the biblical text and other theological sources, for the purpose of addressing theological issues

Subject Content

1. Historical developments in methods of biblical interpretation;  pre-modern, modern, post-modern
2. Pentecostal history, ethos and approaches to the biblical text
3. Bringing together Pentecostal orientation and contemporary hermeneutics
4. Historical developments in theological method
5. Relating Pentecostal ethos to the methods and sources of theology
6. Applications to issues in the contemporary Pentecostal church

This course may be offered in the following formats

Extensive and distance learning modes

Please consult your course prospectus or enquire about how and when this course will be offered next at Alphacrucis College.

Assessment Methods

Research Paper (50%, 3500 words); Essay (50%, 3500 words)   

Prescribed Text

Readings Provided

Representative References

• Barton, J.  The Cambridge Companion to Biblical Interpretation. Cambridge, New York: CUP, 1998.
• Blumhofer, E. Restoring the Faith: The Assemblies of God, Pentecostalism, and American Culture. Urbana: University of Illinois, 1993.
• Dempster, M, B. Klaus. and D. Peterson (eds.). The Globalization of Pentecostalism. Oxford: Regnum Books, 1999.
• Dulles, A. Models of Revelation. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1983.Grenz, S. Beyond Foundationalism.  Louiseville, KY: WJK, 2001.
• Land, S. Pentecostal Spirituality. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic. 1993.
• Lonergan, B. Method in Theology. Darton, Longman & Todd, 1972.
• Ma, W. and R. Menzies (eds.). Pentecostalism in context. Sheffield: Sheffield AP. 1997.
• Martin, M.  Pentecostalism: The World Their Parish. Oxford: Blackwell, 2002.
• Ormerod, N.  Method, Meaning and Revelation. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2000.