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Martin Rodriguez sits down with Amos Yong, director of the Center for Missiological Research (CMR) and professor of theology and mission at Fuller Theological Seminary, to discuss his experiences in missiology and his hopes for its future.

Our Guest

Amos Yong is the director of the Center for Missiological Research (CMR) and professor of theology and mission at Fuller Theological Seminary. Previously, he taught at Regent University School of Divinity for nine years, serving most recently as J. Rodman Williams Professor of Theology and as dean. Prior to that he was on the faculty at Bethel University in St. Paul, Bethany College of the Assemblies of God, and served as a pastor and worked in Social and Health Services in Vancouver, Washington.

Yong’s scholarship has been foundational in Pentecostal theology, interacting with both traditional theological traditions and contemporary contextual theologies—dealing with such themes as the theologies of Christian-Buddhist dialogue, of disability, of hospitality, and of the mission of God. He has authored or edited almost four dozen volumes. Among the most recent are The Future of Evangelical Theology: Soundings from the Asian American Diaspora (IVP Academic, 2014); Renewing Christian Theology: Systematics for a Global Christianity, with Jonathan A. Anderson (Baylor University Press, 2014); Interdisciplinary and Religio-Cultural Discourses on a Spirit-Filled World: Loosing the Spirits, coedited with Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen and Kirsteen Kim (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013); Pneumatology and the Christian-Buddhist Dialogue: Does the Spirit Blow through the Middle Way? Studies, Systematic Theology 11 (Brill, 2012); The Cosmic Breath: Spirit and Nature in the Christianity-Buddhism-Science Trialogue, Philosophical Studies in Science & Religion 4 (Brill, 2012); and Spirit of Love: A Trinitarian Theology of Grace (Baylor University Press, 2012). He has also authored 200 (and counting) scholarly articles in a wide range of peer-reviewed journals, edited book collections, and other venues. Dr. Yong is past president of the Society for Pentecostal Studies.

Publications Mentioned

• Amos Yong and Barbara Brown Zikmund, eds. Remembering Jamestown: Hard Questions About Christian Mission. Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2010.
• Clifton Clarke and Amos Yong, eds. Global Renewal, Religious Pluralism, and the Great Commission: Towards a Renewal Theology of Mission and Interreligious Encounter,  Asbury Theological Seminary Series in Christian Revitalization 4. Lexington, KY: Emeth Press, 2011.
• David J. Bosch. Transforming Mission: Paradigm Shifts in Theology of Mission, American Society of Missiology Series 16. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1991.
• Clark H. Pinnock. Flame of Love: A Theology of the Holy Spirit. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1996.
• Chandler H. Im and Amos Yong, eds. Global Diasporas and Mission. Regnum Edinburgh Centenary Series 23. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2014.
• Amos Yong. The Missiological Spirit: Christian Mission Theology in the Third Millennium Global Context. Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2014.
• Love L. Sechrest, Johnny Ramírez Johnson, and Amos Yong, eds. Can "White" People Be Saved?: Triangulating Race, Theology, and Mission. Missiological Engagements. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2018.
• Steve Fuller. Humanity 2.0: What it Means to be Human Past, Present and Future. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
• Amos Yong. Hospitality and the Other: Pentecost, Christian Practices, and the Neighbor. Faith Meets Faith. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2008.

Credits

Hosted by Martin Rodriguez

Produced by Greg McKinzie