From the Margins: A Celebration of the Theological Work of Donald W. Dayton (Princeton Theological Monograph Series)

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Recognized as a leading interpreter of major movements in American Christianity such as Evangelicalism, Pentecostalism, and the Holiness movement, Donald W. Dayton has produced a body of work spanning four decades and diverse areas of inquiry. In From the Margins, friends and colleagues respond to major essays by Dayton (several published here for the first time) so as to celebrate and reflect on this diverse and rich body of work. The essays highlight the breadth of Dayton's contribution while also revealing a methodological core. The latter could be described as Dayton's deconstructive reading of standard scholarly narratives in order to short-circuit their domesticating effects on the more radical aspects of American Christianity. Dayton's work has challenged long-held assumptions about the "conservative" nature of American Christianity by showing that both in their history and in their deeper theological substructures, traditions such as Evangelicalism and Pentecostalism are far more radical and productive of social change than was previously imagined. Title Page Acknowledgements Introduction 1: Women’s Studies A Neglected Tradition of Biblical Feminism • Response by Nancy A. Hardesty • Response by S. Sue Horner 2: The Social Role of the Church Piety and Radicalism: Ante-Bellum Social Evangelicalism in the U.S. • Response by Douglas M. Strong • Response by Jim Wallis 3: The Theology of Wesley Law and Gospel in the Wesleyan Tradition • Response by Howard Snyder • Response by William J. Abraham 4: Methodist Studies “Good News to the Poor” 5: The Holiness Movement Pneumatological Issues in the Holiness Movement • Response by Melvin Easterday Dieter • Response by David Bundy 6: Pentecostal Studies Revisiting the “Baptism with the Holy Spirit” Controversy • Response by Bill Faupel • Response by Amos Yong 7: The Pietist Impulse The Pietist Theological Critique of Biblical Inerrancy • Response by Frank D. Macchia • Response by Scott Kisker 8: American Popular Religious Culture James Dean, Popular Culture and Popular Religion • Response by Woodrow W. Whidden II • Response by William Kostlevy 9: Re-Thinking Evangelicalism “The Search for the Historical Evangelicalism” • Response by Robert K. Johnston • Response by Clark H. Pinnock 10: Toward a More Inclusive Ecumenism Yet Another Layer of the Onion • Response by Bother Jeff Gros, FSC • Response by Cecil M. Robeck Jr. 11: Interpreting Karl Barth Karl Barth and the Wider Ecumenism • Response by Christian T. Collins Winn • Response by James S. Nelson 12: Re-Interpreting Christianity in Korea The Four–Fold Gospel • Response by Myung Soo Park • Response by Dawk-Mahn Bae 13: Donald Dayton as Teacher 1998 Drew University Graduate School 14: An Autobiographical Response Select Bibliography Contributors