Pneumatological Imagination in Pentecostal Scholarship and Its Contribution to Theological Studies in South Africa

Abstract

Pentecostal scholarship in the South African context has come a long way if contributions by early historians and biographers are anything to go by. The field is growing in the 21st century, considering the interdisciplinary inputs made by the current Pentecostal scholars in South African public universities. However, the reviewed literature demonstrated that Pentecostal scholarship is underutilised in the South African theological studies context. This article looked at how the contribution of Pentecostal scholarship to theological studies can be enhanced using the theoretical framework of pneumatological imagination. This framework is basically used to outline a Spirit-inspired scholarship. The background of the Pentecostal scholarship in the South African context was conducted to identify the research gaps. The pneumatological imagination was outlined and applied to Pentecostal scholarship. The main objective was to demonstrate the value of a pneumatological Pentecostal scholarship to theological studies in the present and its potential for the future.