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Pneumatic Interpretation in the Renewal Tradition: the First 50 Years Middlesex University Research Repository An open access repository of Middlesex University research http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk Mather, Hannah Ruth Katharine (2019) Pneumatic interpretation in the renewal tradition: the first 50 years. PhD thesis, Middlesex University. [Thesis] Final accepted version (with author’s formatting) This version is available at: https://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/26480/ Copyright: Middlesex University Research Repository makes the University’s research available electronically. Copyright and moral rights to this work are retained by the author and/or other copyright owners unless otherwise stated. The work is supplied on the understanding that any use for commercial gain is strictly forbidden. A copy may be downloaded for personal, non-commercial, research or study without prior permission and without charge. 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See also repository copyright: re-use policy: http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/policies.html#copy PNEUMATIC INTERPRETATION IN THE RENEWAL TRADITION: THE FIRST 50 YEARS A Thesis submitted to Middlesex University in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) by Hannah R.K. Mather Middlesex University Supervised at London School of Theology December 2018 Abstract Hannah R.K. Mather Pneumatic Interpretation in the Renewal Tradition: the first 50 years Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Middlesex University/London School of Theology 2018 This thesis is a consideration of the Spirit’s role in the interpretation of scripture (pneumatic interpretation) through a conversation surrounding this topic that has been taking place between scholars who are in, or who identify with, the renewal tradition (also known as the Pentecostal and charismatic movement[s]) since 1970 when renewed emphasis on and experience of the Spirit spurred hermeneutical conversations. Its purpose is twofold: 1) to build understanding of pneumatic interpretation through the voices of those involved in the conversation; 2) to foster appreciation and understanding between scholars across or identifying with the renewal tradition. A significant proportion of contributions to this conversation have been from those involved in Pentecostal hermeneutics but the thesis uses renewal terminology to reflect inclusivity of all scholars across or identifying with the renewal tradition who emphasise the Spirit and accentuate the Spirit’s role in hermeneutical considerations. The thesis stresses that central to pneumatic interpretation in the renewal tradition is priority placed on personal experience of and intimate relationship with the triune God through pneumatic encounter. Three integral, and dynamically interrelating components of this relationship are given attention: affect, ethics, and cognition. It also stresses that considering the Spirit’s role in scriptural interpretation requires contemplation of the relational nature of God from a pneumatic starting point. The thesis therefore asserts that pneumatic interpretation is holistic and cannot be restricted to interpretation of the scriptural text, because the Spirit always works through and beyond the written words interpreting and appropriating scriptural truth in our lives in ways that align with scripture and transform and draw us holistically into knowledge of God as Father, Son, and Spirit. In terms of structure, the thesis addresses the conversation chronologically to show historical and thematic progress. It concludes by reflecting on each timespan and drawing together a final understanding. ii Acknowledgements Researching and writing this thesis over the last four years has been such a personal and often solitary journey, yet as I have journeyed I have also been surrounded by community. These communities of people have all supported, encouraged, and sustained me in different ways. Here I give special thanks to some of these people, also giving thanks to God for them. I am thankful to and for my parents, William and Libby Mather, for their faith in me, prayers, love, and practical support in so many ways, not least by providing a beautiful home in the Scottish Highlands to come and rest in when I needed a break. Also, my sister Sarah, husband Dan, niece and nephew, Rosa and Theo, and my brother Thomas and girlfriend Crystal, for cheering me on relentlessly despite not being too sure what it was I was actually doing. I am thankful to and for all those who prayed and supported me with friendship and care over the last four years, especially over this past year where I wrote up this thesis. In my final few months I grew increasingly overwhelmed and weary, and prayers and practical support from these people kept me going. I give thanks to and for Hannah Marks and Lizzie Jakeman, my dearest friends who have journeyed through so much with me, also Phil Griffith, Johnny Douglas, Sharon Whitmarsh, Sally Hale, Jack and Catherine Kernahan, Trish Bell, Carol and Alan Price, Stephanie and Alan McKean, Pat Kendall-Taylor, Mary Foote, Laura Evans, Adrian Semerene, Diane Freiberg, Brian Cox, Alison Maffey, Jeremy and Claire Webb, Margaret Doyle, Prue Bedwell, Graham and Jackie Cray, Rachael and Chris Hutchins, those at Soul Survivor Watford, Emmanuel Church Northwood, and in the Black Isle Home Group, and others who know who they are. I give thanks to and for London School of Theology (LST), the academic community I believe God chose for me to start my academic studies in. Finishing this thesis marks the end of seven years as a full time student, all at LST. I arrived in October 2011; a fresh-faced undergraduate student, little knowing how spiritually and academically forming my time in this community would prove to be. I am so thankful to and for the faculty who taught me, inspired me, and showed me the sacrificial beauty (and costly reality) of the call to teach, especially Steve Motyer, Robert Willoughby (posthumously), Conrad Gempf, Graham McFarlane, Matt Knell, Jean-Marc Heimerdinger, and William Atkinson. I am also thankful to and for Sandra Khalil, Research Administrator, Keith Lang, Librarian extraordinaire, and Graham Twelftree, Academic Dean. I am particularly grateful to and for Graham Twelftree for his friendship, care, and support over this past year, and for our conversations, gloriously intertwining things personal and academic. Lastly, I am so very grateful to and for my supervisor, William Atkinson, for consistently believing in me more than I believed in myself, pushing me harder than I thought I could be pushed because he saw my potential, for calling out the scholar in me, and for (almost) always having a box of tissues in his office. Finally, I give thanks to and for those I especially prayed for over this past year, and who unknowingly became a special part of this thesis and my research journey. 20 December 2018 iii Abbreviations AF The Apostolic Faith AJPT Asian Journal of Pentecostal Studies ANVIL ANVIL: Journal of Theology and Mission ATR Anglican Theological Review BA The Biblical Archaeologist B.C.E. Before Common Era BSac Bibliothecra Sacra C.E. Common Era Cf. Compare CTJ Calvin Theological Journal Dei Verbum Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation Dei Verbum E.g. For example Etc. Et cetera, ‘and so forth’ Evangel Evangel Journal ExAud Ex Auditu fn., fns. Footnote, footnotes HeyJ The Heythrop Journal Interpretation Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology IJPT International Journal of Practical Theology JBPR Journal of Biblical and Pneumatological Research JEPTA Journal of the European Pentecostal Theological Association JETS Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society JPT Journal of Pentecostal Theology JPTSup. Journal of Pentecostal Theology Supplement Series JSPSup. Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Supplement Series JSOTSup. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series NICNT New International Commentary on the New Testament n.p.n. No page number NTS New Testament Studies OTE Old Testament Essays Pneuma Pneuma: The Journal for the Society of Pentecostal Studies PSCF Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith SC The Spirit & Church sic Denoting an error in quoted text SVTQ St. Vladimir’s Theological Quarterly The Pneuma Review The Pneuma Review: Journal of Ministry Resources and Theology for Pentecostal and Charismatic Ministries and Leaders iv TIS Theological Interpretation of Scripture TrinJ Trinity Journal TS Theological Studies TynBul Tyndale Bulletin WARC World Alliance of Reformed Churches v Contents 1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................
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