Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Tongues of Pentecost : the pneumatological nexus of Pentecostal and Edwardsean theology / Steven M. Studebaker -- "True religion, in great part, consists of holy affections" : a critical comparison of the biblical hermeneutics of Jonathan Edwards and Pentecostals / L. William Oliverio Jr. -- Verification and speculation : understanding and affection in Jonathan Edwards and Pentecostal theology / Christopher A. Stephenson -- Divine action and divine affections : Jonathan Edwards the Pentecostal and process theologian / Joshua D. Reichard -- Discerning the signs of the Spirit : Pentecostal experience engages Edwardsian religious affections / David J. Courey -- The Holy Spirit and the Trinity : a Pentecostal improvement on Edwards / Steven M. Studebaker -- Divine and human excellencies : Jonathan Edwards and the challenge of spirit Christology / Gerald R. McDermott -- The spirit of power and love : Edwards and Pentecostals on constructive pneumatology / Andrew K. Gabriel -- Transformation by the Spirit in justification and sanctification / James M. Henderson -- Edwardsian charismatic ecclesiology : the Spirit as gift / Lisa P. Stephenson -- Edwards against himself? Conflicting appeals to the writings of Jonathan Edwards during the 1990s Pentecostal-charismatic revivals in Toronto and Pensacola / Michael J. McClymond -- Edwards and aesthetics : a critical and constructive Pentecostal appropriation / Edmund J. Rybarczyk -- Jonathan Edwards, Pentecostals, and the missionary encounter with Native Americans / Angela Tarango -- "The grand design of God in all divine operations" : Pentecostal retrieval of Jonathan Edwards' distinctive contribution to the positive significance of non-Christian religions / Tony Richie -- Voices crying out in the wilderness and the public square : redirecting Jonathan Edwards' teleology of the political after Pentecost / Amos Yong -- The promise of Edwardsian theology / Oliver D. Crisp -- The surprising work of God continues / Amy Plantinga Pauw -- "Some thoughts" on the retrieval of Jonathan Edwards by Pentecostals / Robert W. Caldwell III.

"This volume brings 'America's theologian' and one of the fastest growing forms of Christianity into dialogue. Edwards is a fruitful source for Pentecostal investigation for historical and theological reasons. Edwards and Pentecostals descend from a common historical tradition--North American Evangelicalism. From revivalism and religious/charismatic experience to pneumatology they also share common theological interests. Though sharing a common history and core theological concerns, no critical conversation between Pentecostals and Edwards and their fields of scholarship has occurred. This is the first volume that provides Pentecostal readings of Edwards' theology that contribute to Pentecostal theology and Edwards scholarship. The contributing essays offer examination of affections and the Spirit, God and Salvation, Church and culture; and mission and witness"--