Interdisciplinary and Religio-Cultural Discourses on a Spirit-Filled World

John R. Levison, Seattle Pacific University, USAJ. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu, Trinity Theological Seminary, Legon. Accra, GhanaNaoki Inoue, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, USAPatrick Oden, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, USARobert K. Johnston, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, USADonnie W. Staggs, Regent University, USAEmma Ineson, Trinity Theological College, UKSebastian Kim, St John University, UKNimi Wariboko, Andover Newton Theological School, USABradford E. Hinze, Fordham University, USATony Richie, Pentecostal Theological Seminary, Cleveland, USAPhilip Clayton, Claremont School Of Theology, USAKoo Dong Yun, Bethany University, USAMark I. Wallace, Swarthmore College, USAErwin Morales, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, USADavid Bradnick, Regent University School Of Divinity, USA

"The widespread belief that we inhabit a world of spiritual as well as material forces is too important to be dismissed or ignored by intellectual elites. Finally, here is an excellent guide that addresses this topic from a variety of disciplinary, religious, and cultural perspectives." - Frank D. Macchia, professor of Christian Theology, Vanguard University, US "If you think you know pneumatology, think again! In this diverse and I mean, DIVERSE set of writings, the work of the Spirit takes a wide array of forms. The result is a book that pushes boundaries, and sometimes the boundaries seem to disappear altogether." - Thomas Jay Oord, Professor, Northwest Nazarene University, Idaho, US "Serious academic discussions of spirit(s) are few and far between. With the advent of this volume, the conversation has been taken to a whole new level. A robust series of engagements. Wide-ranging in its considerations and richly interdisciplinary.' - Paul Rhodes Eddy, Professor of Biblical & Theological Studies, Bethel University, US "This courageous book is inspirational, imaginative and renewing as it moves, empowers, and transforms us to reimagine a spirit-filled world. It collects diverse voices from around the globe to prophetically proclaim new dimensions of the spirit. The authors push boundaries, create new ways of seeing, suggest bold ideas, and make room for creative growth and vision. The writing is provocative, innovative, and challenging as it provides hope for a broken and divided world by inviting new dialogue partners, working towards including others, and embracing those who are different from us.' - Grace Ji-Sun Kim, Associate Professor of Doctrinal Theology, Moravian Theological Seminary, US, Author of Colonialism, Han, and the Transformative Spirit, and Holy Spirit, Chi, and the Other.

• Introduction: On Binding, amd Loosing, the Spirits: Navigating amd Engaging a Spirit-Filled World; Amos Yong PART I: SPIRITS IN THEOLOGY AND RELIGION 1. The Spirit-world of the Bible: The Ambiguity of Inspiration and the Discernment the Spirits in Biblical and Early Jewish Traditions; John R. Levison  2. Spirit and Spirits in Christian Theological Traditions; Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen 3. Speaking to the Wind: Spirits in African Traditional Religion; J. Kwabena Asamaoh-Gyadu 4. Spirits and Shintoism; Naoki Inoue PART II: THE SPIRITS OF HISTORY AND CULTURE 5. Spirits in History; Patrick Oden 6. A Pluralistic Pneumatology of the Arts; Robert K. Johnston 7. Pneuma-kinesis and Stephen King: Beyond Psychokinetics in Parapsychology; Donnie W. Staggs 8. Zeitgeist: Spirit and Spirits in Postmodern Life; Emma Ineson PART III: THE SPIRITS OF THE POLIS 9. Spirits of the Political; Sebastian Kim 10. Spirits and Economics; Nimi Wariboko 11. Talking Back, Acting Up: Wrestling with Spirits in Social Bodies; Bradford E. Hinze  12. Driving Out Demons? Looking at Spirits in Inter-religious Encounter thru the Lens of Deliverance Ministry and Theology; Tony Richie  PART IV: THE SPIRITS OF NATURE AND THE COSMOS 13. The Spirit in Evolution and Nature; Philip Clayton 14. Green and Chiological Pneumatologies: Nature, Ch'i, and Spirit; Koo Dong Yun 15. Christian Animism, Green Spirit Theology, and the Global Crisis today; Mark I. Wallace  16. Vector Fields as the Spirit's Empirical Correlate: The Ubiquity of the Work of the Holy Spirit and the Logos; Erwin Morales 17. Spirits and the Stars: A Spirit-Filled Cosmology?; David Bradnick  Conclusion: The Holy Spirit in a Spirit-filled World; Kirsteen Kim