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Roberts, Dean, Learning Resources REVIEWS EDITOR Sally Jo Shelton, Theological Librarian & Associate Professor, Learning Resources EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Allan Anderson, University of Birmingham, UK Candy Gunther Brown, Indiana University Corneliu Constantineanu, Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Romania Kwabena Asamoa-Gyuadu, Trinity Theological Seminary, Ghana Vinson Synan, Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, OK, USA UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION William M. Wilson, President Kathaleen Reid-Martinez, Provost Views expressed in Spiritus are those of the contributors only. Their publication in Spiritus does not express or imply endorsement by Oral Roberts University. Spiritus: ORU Journal of Theology . • Publishes studies from all disciplines pertaining to Spirit- empowered Christianity, from established and emerging scholars • Emphasizes theological and cognate studies and works from and about Christianity in the Majority World • Reviews pertinent scholarly works and some professional and popular works of merit • Publishes scholarship to benefit especially Spirit- empowered Christian communities globally. Find instructions for submitting articles and reviews for consideration at http://DigitalShowcase.ORU.edu/Spiritus/. This site receives all submissions leading to publishing decisions. Other correspondence (not related to submissions or subscriptions) is welcomed at <[email protected]> or Spiritus — ORU Holy Spirit Research Center 7777 S. Lewis Ave. Tulsa, OK 74171 USA. CONTENTS Editorial Daniel D. Isgrigg, Guest Editor .......................................................................... 185 ESSAYS Healing Through Prayer and Medicine: How Oral Roberts’ Healing Vision Was— and Continues to Be—Fulfilled John R. Crouch Jr., M.D. ................................................................................... 191 Becoming a Whole Person Medical Professional: Reflections from an ORU Medical Student Clay Powell, M.D. ............................................................................................. 205 Healing through Music Therapy Hayoung A. Lim ................................................................................................ 213 Healing For All Races: Oral Roberts’ Legacy of Racial Reconciliation in a Divided City Daniel D. Isgrigg ............................................................................................... 227 “I Will Heal Their Land”: The Meaning and Significance of Healing in 2 Chronicles 7:13-16. Lian Mung ....................................................................................................... 257 The Impact of Healing on the Growth of Christianity in Asia: An Empirical Investigation Julie Ma ........................................................................................................... 283 Healing En Masse: Examining the Unique Contribution of the Spirit-Empowered Movement to the Practice of Mass Evangelism Daniel C. King.................................................................................................. 299 v Reviews Cletus L. Hull III. The Wisdom of the Cross and the Power of the Spirit in the Corinthian Church. Arden C. Autry ................................................................................................ 317 J. Ayodeji Adewuya. Holiness in the Letters of Paul: The Necessary Response to the Gospel. Christopher G. Foster ...................................................................................... 320 Lee Roy Martin, ed. Toward a Pentecostal Theology of Worship. Jennifer L. Grieg-Berens ................................................................................... 323 Corneliu Constantineau and Christopher J. Scobie. Pentecostals in the 21st Century: Identity, Beliefs, Practices. John Austin Helm ............................................................................................ 327 Jeffrey S. Lamp. The Letter to the Hebrews: A Centre for Pentecostal Theology Bible Study. Thad Horner .................................................................................................... 330 Fenggang Yang, Joy K. C. Tong, and Allan H. Anderson. Global Chinese Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity. Wonsuk Ma ..................................................................................................... 333 Joy E. A. Qualls. God Forgive Us for Being Women: Rhetoric, Theology, and the Pentecostal Tradition. Sandra K. Richardson ....................................................................................... 337 Amy Collier Artman. The Miracle Lady: Kathryn Kuhlman and the Transformation of Charismatic Christianity. Samuel Thorpe ................................................................................................. 341 Miroslav Volf and Matthew Croasmun. For the Life of the World: Theology That Makes a Difference. Jeff Voth ........................................................................................................... 345 Thomas A. Vollmer. “The Spirit Helps Our Weakness”: Rom 8,26A in Light of Paul’s Missiological Purpose for Writing the Letter to the Romans. Ruth Chang Whiteford .................................................................................... 348 vi Editorial: The Healing Issue Daniel D. Isgrigg, Guest Editor This issue is dedicated to exploring the subject of healing within the global Spirit-empowered tradition. As a practice of Christianity, healing weaves in and out of the narrative of historic Christianity from the early church to modern days. Yet, healing truly came to prominence in the Christian tradition during the mid-nineteenth century with the emphasis on divine healing in the various streams of evangelicalism in the United States and Great Britain. The four-fold pillars of evangelical theology—salvation, sanctification, healing, second coming—eventually became the basis for Pentecostal theology, which was expanded to include the baptism in the Holy Spirit with speaking in tongues.1 Yet, the doctrine that was held in common by both the proto-Pentecostal and emerging Pentecostal tradition was the belief in the power of God