“Yoon Shin’s engaging study stages a constructive conversation few may have thought possible—namely, that among Reformed epistemology, postmodern philosophy, and Pentecostal theology. The result is a substantive and creative proposal—a ‘mashup epistemology,’ as Shin styles it—that greatly enriches our thinking about religious knowledge and the possibilities available for Christian reflection upon the quality of our knowledge.”

Philip G. Ziegler, University of Aberdeen

Combining the most stimulating debates of the last decade, Yoon Shin courageously ventures into the seemingly contradictory interests of Pentecostal, Evangelical, Reformed, and postmodern epistemologies through the lens of one of their chief interlocutors, James K.A. Smith. Critical and constructive, combining philosophy, theology, hermeneutics, and cultural studies, this conversation advocates for a postmodern Christian epistemology grounded in the concrete embodiment of the human situation.

Wolfgang Vondey, University of Birmingham

In this significant work, Yoon Shin brings James K.A. Smith’s postmodern epistemology into a much-needed conversation with Reformed epistemology. The result is a magnificently lucid and engaging product that will mark a watershed moment in Pentecostalist scholarship. Pentecostalism, Postmodernism, and Reformed Epistemology: James K. A. Smith and the Contours of a Postmodern Christian Epistemology will be treasured by scholars for its rigorous argumentation, clarity, and depth of insight. A real tour de force!

Brian Lightbody, Brock University

In conversation with the work of James K. A. Smith, Shin seeks to make good on showing how postmodern philosophy and Reformed epistemology can inform one another and contribute to the task of developing a postmodern Christian epistemology. This book is refreshingly astute in its discussion of the relevant issues, its interdisciplinary and comparative analysis, and its constructive proposal. Shin deserves our gratitude for paving the way toward a richer understanding of such a possibility!

Frederick Aquino, Graduate School of Theology, Abilene Christian University

Reading Yoon Shin’s book Pentecostalism, Postmodernism and Reformed Epistemology served as inspiration for the role of Pentecostalism within a postmodern world. The exponential growth of Global Pentecostalism hastens the need for articulating the epistemological scaffolding of Pentecostal Spirituality. Shin provides a coherent and consistent logic for the reciprocal relationship between theoretical and pretheoretical knowledge. Despite the tendency towards technical language, Pentecostalism, Postmodernism and Reformed Epistemology provides a necessary reminder that the methods utilized to construct knowledge are directly tied to the theological structure composed for theologizing, and thus should be considered a valuable resource for faith leaders.

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