In Spirit and in Truth

The contributors to this volume inhabit the land between two streams: Pentecostal and charismatic theology and analytic theology. While this imagery might bring up images of fruitfulness, productivity, and fertile grounds, the fruitfulness of this particular interfluve has been left largely unconsidered or has been plainly dismissed. The aim of this volume is to plant a tree which might begin to yield fruit in this otherwise barren space. It is the conviction of the editors that these two streams have a lot to offer each other, and indeed we have found fourteen contributors occupying the space between. As a first installment that we hope inspires further work, we seek a conversation in which Pentecostal and charismatic traditions—which have sometimes eschewed the academy and its trappings—can learn from analytic theology’s commitment to clarity, rigor, and precision, and analytic theology—which can be at times dry and abstract—can be renewed by the life in the Spirit which marks Pentecostal and charismatic worship. The contributors of this volume do this by bringing to bear the tools of analytic theology on issues of methodology, key doctrines, and practices and spirituality, planting the seed that will fertilize the land between the streams.