Introduction : framing the issue -- Spirit baptism and Pentecostal theology : returning to our central distinctive -- The kingdom and the power : expanding the boundaries of Spirit Baptism -- Christ as the king and the Spirit as the kingdom : Spirit Baptism in Trinitarian perspective -- Signs of grace in a graceless world : towards a spirit-baptized ecclesiology -- Baptized in love: the spirit-baptized life.
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Baptized in the Spirit creatively examines the most recent trends in Pentecostal and charismatic theology, especially with regard to the displacement of Spirit baptism as Pentecostalism's central distinctive. The author begins by focusing on the significance of the Holy Spirit in reciprocal and mutual work with the Son in fulfilling the will of the Father. He also shows how the pneumatological emphases in Pentecostal and charismatic theology can help to correct the tendency in Western Christianity to subordinate the Spirit to the Word.