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.