Scripting Pentecost: A Study of Pentecostals, Worship and Liturgy (Explorations in Practical, Pastoral and Empirical Theology)

Scripting Pentecost explores and develops an analysis of worship and liturgy in Pentecostal and Charismatic traditions around the world. It is organized into two main sections: history and theology, and global case studies. The first section considers early Pentecostal traditions, the influence of the Welsh revival, classical Pentecostalism, the Charismatic Renewal movement and subsequent practices up to the present day. It also provides contemporary constructive theological reflections on sung worship, sacramental theology and liturgical practices. The second section offers a selection of global case studies from America, Europe, Kenya, Myanmar, Venezuela and Papua New Guinea. These case studies focus on contemporary worship and liturgical practices and their significance for Pentecostal and Charismatic studies..

Mark J. Cartledge is Professor of Practical Theology at Regent University School of Divinity, Virginia Beach, USA. He is also the Director of the Center for Renewal Studies in the University. He is the author of two Ashgate Books, Charismatic Glossolalia (2002) and Testimony in the Spirit (2010). His most recent book in the Pentecostal Manifesto series is entitled Mediation of the Spirit: Interventions in Practical Theology (2015). His current research is part of a major Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) project looking at megachurches and their social engagement in London. The book from this project is entitled Transforming the City (2017).

A. J. Swoboda pastors Theophilus church in urban Portland, Oregon and is the founding director of Blessed Earth Northwest, an organization turning the hearts and hands of Jesus’ people to Jesus’ creation. He teaches theology, Bible, and pastoral studies at Fuller and George Fox Evangelical seminaries. As well, A.J. authored A Glorious Dark (Baker) and Introducing Evangelical Ecotheology (Baker Academic), among other books. His website and blog can be found at www.ajswoboda.com. He is @mrajswoboda on Twitter.