Perspectives in Pentecostal Eschatologies: World Without End - Hardcover

by Peter Althouse (Editor), Robby Waddell (Editor)

During the mid-twentieth century Pentecostal theology was co-opted by fundamentalism and its dispensational brand of millennial eschatology. Fundamentalist dispensationalism not only reinterpreted the original Pentecostal vision of the latter-rain outpouring of the Spirit in the last days but undercut its raison d'etre as a people empowered by the Spirit of Pentecost to participate in the kingdom of God. Yet eschatology is much broader than twentieth-century dispensationalism, and Pentecostal eschatology is diverse, reflecting the diversity of Pentecostal and Charismatic spiritualities. There is no one Pentecostal eschatology but many Pentecostal eschatologies. This collection of essays from established scholars and rising stars offers fresh perspectives in eschatology for the Pentecostal and Charismatic movements. The fresh readings of eschatology in this volume are valuable because they demonstrate that Pentecostals no longer need to look to others to interpret their theology for them but can stand as scholars and thinkers in their own right.

Author Biography

Peter Althouse is Assistant Professor of Theology at Southeastern University in Lakeland, Florida. He is author of Spirit of the Last Days (2003) and coeditor of Winds from the North (2010).

Robby Waddell is Associate Professor of New Testament at Southeastern University in Lakeland, Florida. He is author of The Spirit in the Book of Revelation (2006).