All Together in One Place

The global pentecostal charismatic movement, as it launches into the twenty-first century, outdistances current attempts at classification and clarification. Although scholarly theologizing has not been the hallmark of the movement, the current surge of pentecostal-charismatic scholars confounds the accepted antithesis between expressive narrative and reflective theology. Brighton '91, which featured Professor Jurgen Moltmann and the Archbishop of Canterbury, was a symposium unprecedented in the range of participating scholars drawn form six continents. They gave voice to new insights for handling racism, sexism, socioeconomic oppression and the environment, thus modeling a legitimate postmodern agenda.

Peter Hocken was born in Hove, Sussex, was a Catholic Priest and a member of the Mother of God Community in Gaithersburg, Maryland. He authored Streams of Renewal (1986) and One Lord One Spirit One Body (1987), made a major contribution to the Dictionary of Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements and was executive secretary of the Society for Pentecostal Studies.