Call For Papers, Edited Volume

*The Intergenerationality of Pentecost: Continuationist Essays*

The past five years has witnessed a wide resurgence of popular interest in the question of continuationism/cessationism; evidenced by numerous popular (Osman, 2020; Pennington, 2023) and scholarly books (Schreiner, 2018; Gaffin, 2022), podcast discussions (Didache, Remnant Radio, etc.), wider social media debate, and even a documentary film (Cessationist, 2023). Surveying these debates from a continuationist perspective, one notices a plethora of biblical, historical, and theological peculiarities. A small but growing - popular, pastoral, and more scholarly continuationist literature already exists that cogently engages cessationist arguments, but our cultural moment seems to call forth a fresh treatment. The vision of this volume is to provide new and deepening scholarly engagement on the meaning of Pentecost and the continuation of the gifts of the Spirit. Extant scholarly literature on continuationism specifically is not as wide as one might imagine, and hence this is an excellent opportunity to contribute to and develop a nascent continuationist literature.

As Jon Ruthven (1993) argued a generation ago, Luke clearly seems to depict Pentecost as both a fulfillment of OT prophetic promise (Isa 59:21; Jer 31:31-34; Eze 36:26-28; Joel 2:28-29, etc.) and an irreducible and trinitarian dimension of the New Covenant and Christ’s explicit inauguration of the Kingdom of God. The proposed title of this edited volume is taken from the citation of Joel 2:28-29 ans Isaiah 59:21 in Peter’s sermon in Acts 2 (16-18, 39).

We invite papers from across theological disciplines - Biblical studies, Biblical theology, Systematics or Dogmatics, Trinitarian theology, pneumatology, redemptive-historical hermeneutics, church history, missiology, religious studies (i.e. cultural, ethnographic, sociological, etc. studies that treat the debate from the standpoint of contemporary culture), etc. centered on the volume theme. We stress: contributions need not directly engage cessationist arguments per se, but should directly contribute to the growing scholarly literature on continuationism (the ongoing activity and validity of the practice of the gifts is not contingent on its would-be critics).

Finally, we are delighted to announce that N.T. Wright and Craig S. Keener are contributing work to this volume.

If you are interested in contributing, please submit a 300-500 word abstract and short biographical notice.

Abstract Deadline: January 31, 2025
Notification of Acceptance: March 1, 2025
Contact: jmarshj1@binghamton.edu