

Hardcover: 1470 pages
Publisher: Zondervan; Three Volumes in One edition (August 19, 1996)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0310209145
ISBN-13: 978-0310209140
Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 2.7 x 9.6 inches
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J. Rodman Williams (1918-2008) was a charismatic theologian and Professor of Renewal Theology at Regent University (as well as the founding president of the now-defunct Melodyland School of Theology). This isn't the "only" systematic theology written from a Pentecostal perspective (see Systematic Theology: A Pentecostal Perspective, and Wayne Grudem's sympathetic Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine), but is certainly the most thorough.This book was written from 1988-92, and has now been published as a single volume. Williams eschews the traditional categories such as "Sotierology," "Ecclesiology," "Eschatology," and so on, simply dividing the book into three parts (1- "God, the World, & Redemption"; "Salvation, the Holy Spirit, and Christian Living"; and "The Church, the Kingdom, and Last Things"), of fifteen chapters apiece.Obviously, one cannot adequately summarize a 1,400-page work within the confines of an review; but here are some characteristic quotations (I have the original 3-volume edition, so my page numbers correlate to that):"It is only through the continuing direction of the Holy Spirit that genuine theological work can be done." (V1, pg. 21)"(T)here can be no basic difference between the truth the Christian community knows through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit and what is set forth in Scripture....
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