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"Through a systematic analysis of the conflicts emerging when the public church encounters the public world, The scandal of Pentecost argues that the public advent of the church stands in continuity with the public scandal of the incarnate and crucified Christ. The book traces the contours of this scandal in the confrontation of the dominant ruling hermeneutic of resistance. This highlights the brokenness of the human conditon manifested by the church in the drunkenness of the disciples, the speaking in other tongues, the baptism with the Spirit, the empowerment of the flesh and its public witness to a scandalixed world." -- Publisher, page four of cover.

"A systematic and critical reworking of the public events on the day of the Pentecost as the foundation for constructing a theological anthropology of the church"-- Provided by publisher.

Introduction

Church as symbol

The Christian scandal

Drunken disciples

The tongues of Babel

The anointing of the flesh

Prophetics witness

Conclusion.

Pentecost > History of doctrines.

Church > Foundation.

Theological anthropology > Christianity.

Christianity > Controversial literature.