“This collection of essays provides a kaleidoscope of Amos Yong’s highly generative contributions not only to a biblically informed theology, but also to philosophical theology, interreligious dialogue, and missiological thought and practice. Propelled by the Spirit of Pentecost, it exemplifies how a pneumatological imagination might engage a range of dialogical encounters and in so doing reconfigure how we might approach some of the pressing concerns of our time. I highly recommend it along with Spencer Moffatt’s thoughtful introduction and conclusion.”
—Lois Malcolm, professor of systematic theology, Luther Seminary
“Amos Yong is the preeminent pioneer of Pentecostal philosophical theology. The Dialogical Spirit II, edited by Spencer Moffatt, collates Yong’s most important philosophical, theological, and missiological articles, especially from the second decade of the twenty-first century. The result is a celebration of Yong’s creative Pentecostal engagement with leading religious and philosophical thinkers from Jonathan Edwards to Paul Tillich and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel to Jürgen Moltmann.”
—Simo Frestadius, executive director, Institute for Pentecostal Theology
“The Dialogical Spirit II enacts what its title announces. Amos Yong’s essays are deliberatively hospitable, hermeneutically charitable, and deeply philosophically grounded. In the ‘spirit’ of ‘dialogue,’ Yong and the editor, Spencer Moffatt, invite readers to think with them, and to be transformed in the process. The goal is to foster a community that is rigorously committed to thinking well, and to loving each other while doing so.”
—J. Aaron Simmons, professor of philosophy, Furman University
“The Dialogical Spirit II, which comes as both a sequel to The Dialogical Spirit and the fifth volume of his previously published or presented works, continues to act as a window to the brilliant, even if controversial-to-the-classical-theist, mind of one of the most significant Pentecostal theologians of our day. Strengthened by the editor Spencer Moffatt’s constructive commentary on Yong’s non-dualistic theology, this book is a must-read for understanding Yong’s philosophical theology.”
—Yoon Shin, co-editor of book reviews, Pneuma: The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies
“I have been learning from my friend Amos Yong for almost thirty years. This marvelous collection of his essays embodies his spirit and brilliance. I love the audacity and ambition of Yong’s project, perhaps especially because he pursues it without self-regard. Here is a mind of ranging curiosity and irenic charity. Yong shows how deep conviction can be wed to faithful innovation in theology.”
—James K. A. Smith, professor of philosophy, Calvin University
