A Pentecostal Political Theology for American RenewalBlessed but not Special
A Pentecostal Political Theology for American Renewal: Blessed but not Special
Studebaker, Steven M.
2016-10-27 00:00:00
[Americans enjoy a culture of abundance. It provides levels of religious, civic, political, and personal freedoms that are, for the most part, unrivaled in known human history. But too often, Christians either conflate the blessings of American culture with the privilege of providence or deem them decadent and withdraw from culture. A Pentecostal political theology—a pneumatological realism—maintains that the Spirit of the cities and of the divine image provides a way to transcend these popular options. The cultural blessings found in America can be understood as historical and collective ways people have embodied the Spirit-breathed image of God and participated in the Spirit of Pentecost. Appreciating them as such, however, means neither privileging them over all others nor anointing America with the prerogative of providence assumed in the ideology of exceptional and indispensable nation.]
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A Pentecostal Political Theology for American RenewalBlessed but not Special
[Americans enjoy a culture of abundance. It provides levels of religious, civic, political, and personal freedoms that are, for the most part, unrivaled in known human history. But too often, Christians either conflate the blessings of American culture with the privilege of providence or deem them decadent and withdraw from culture. A Pentecostal political theology—a pneumatological realism—maintains that the Spirit of the cities and of the divine image provides a way to transcend these popular options. The cultural blessings found in America can be understood as historical and collective ways people have embodied the Spirit-breathed image of God and participated in the Spirit of Pentecost. Appreciating them as such, however, means neither privileging them over all others nor anointing America with the prerogative of providence assumed in the ideology of exceptional and indispensable nation.]
Published: Oct 27, 2016
Keywords: American dream; Indispensable nation; American exceptionalism; Christianity and culture; Theology and culture; Civil religion; Civil religion in America; Holy Spirit; Pentecostalism; Pentecostal theology; Pentecostalism in America
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