Notes from a Wayward Son

Andrew G. Walker is Emeritus Professor of Theology, Religion, and Culture at King's College, London.Andrew D. Kinsey is senior pastor at Grace United Methodist Church, Franklin, Indiana. He was awarded the Pastor-Preacher-Scholar Award by the Wesleyan Theological Society in 2011.

Andrew Walker inhabits the life of the mind with rare clarity and insight. He probes and tests the dynamics of contemporary Christianity with innumerable shafts of constructive insight, making sense of theological, sociological, and cultural dynamics. He has the intellectual gifts to understand Christians with whom he cannot fully agree in ways that help them and those unlike them better understand themselves. Andrew's contribution to the academy and the church is profound and admirable.

• Foreword / William J. AbrahamAcknowledgmentsPermissionsPreface to the Second Edition / Andrew D. KinseyIntroduction to the Second Edition / Andrew G. WalkerJourney into the Spirit: Pentecostalism, Charismatic, and Restorationist Christianity1. Pentecostalism and Charismatic Christianity2. The Devil You Think You Know: Demonology and the Charismatic Movement3. Thoroughly Modern: Sociological Reflections on the Charismatic Movement from the End of the Twentieth Century4. The Restorationist Movement in Great Britain5. Crossing the Restorationist Rubicon: From House Church to New Church6. Pentecostal Power: The “Charismatic Renewal Movement” and the Politics of Pentecostal ExperienceMere Christianity and the Search for Orthodoxy7. Notes from a Wayward Son8. Under the Russian Cross: A Research Note on C.S. Lewis and the Eastern Orthodox Church9. Young Jack10. Scripture, Revelation, and Platonism in C.S. Lewis11. Reflections on C.S. Lewis, Apologetics, and the Moral Tradition: Interview with Basil MitchellOrthodox Perspectives12. The Prophetic Role of Orthodoxy in Contemporary Culture13. Homiletics and Biblical Fidelity: An Ecclesial Approach to Orthodox Preaching14. Interview with Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh15. Obituary of Metropolitan Anthony of Sorouzh16. Open or Shut Case? An Orthodox View on Inter-communionEcumenical Thoughts on Church and Culture17. The Third Schism: The Great Divide in Christianity Today18. Sectarian Reactions: Pluralism and the Privatization of Religion19. Harmful Religion20. Knowing God Personally: Reflections on the Feminist Concept of Patriarchy21. The Gospel in a Culture of False Gods: Interview with Bishop Lesslie NewbiginJournalism and Other Media22. The Crisis of Christmas23. Galloping Consumption24. The True Tragedy of Creationism25. Chuckling in The Shack26. Who WIll Stand Up for Edward Irving?27. Reimagining Doubting Thomas28. Into the Future29. The Pharisee and the Christian30. The Mission ChurchTimeline: Andrew G. WalkerBibliography