标题：The Spirit of Truth as Guide into All Truth: A Response to R. A. James Merrick, “The Spirit of Truth as Agent in False Religions? A Critique of Amos Yong’s Pneumatological Theology of Religions with Reference to Current Trends”[1]
期刊名称：Cyberjournal for Pentecostal-Charismatic Research
印刷版ISSN：1523-1216
出版年度：2010
卷号：2010
期号：19
出版社：Pentecostal-Charismatic Theological Inquiry International
摘要：Commendably, R. A. James Merrick has tackled boldly the timely but difficult topic of Christian theology of religions. In fact, he tackles not only theology of religions but pneumatology, and examines important intersections of the two. Further, he does this through a critical conversation with Amos Yong, a leading Pentecostal theologian especially noted for his pneumatological theology of religions. Finally, Merrick uses his study of Yong to warn against what he perceives as troubling trends in current Christian theology of religions. Although Merrick’s essay is informative and well written, it may not adequately represent Yong's complex and carefully nuanced pneumatological theology of religions.[2] If not, consequently neither would it accurately address current trends at the point of intersection between Pentecostalism or pneumatology and contemporary theology of religions regarding interreligious dialogue. If so, then it may contribute more to confusing rather than clarifying an already difficult topic. In the globalizing contemporary context, Christian theology of religions, and thus pneumatological theology of religions as well, is one of the most critical, though admittedly controversial, fields of endeavor. The situation calls for careful critique characterized by a concern for conversation rather than what can amount to incautious caricature. In the interest of carrying this conversation forward rather than seeing it stall tragically due to misunderstanding I offer the present discussion.
