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EDITOR’S NOTE

concentrate

Pentecostal/Charismatic movements.

series of

descriptive

Professor Edith

Blumhofer,

FOCUS Groups”

Chair

a FOCUS

advances

concentrating

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the

readership

of within the Charismatic Renewal

Interest

Group

desires to

the

You will notice some differences in the content of PNEUMA beginning

with this

Spring

1994 issue of the

journal.

A new FOCUS section is

being

introduced with this issue. This section is

designed

to

on a theme that has

particular

relevance for the

study

of the

In this issue the focus is on Pentecostal

Missiology.

The Guest Editor who

mapped

out the

design, solicited the articles and contributors, and edited the

manuscripts

for this issue’s FOCUS section is Professor

Byron

D. Klaus. Other themes and

guest

editors are

already

scheduled for future issues of the

journal. In the Fall 1994

issue,

the FOCUS will be on the theme of the Charismatic Renewal. Guest Editor Father Peter Hocken has solicited a

articles that will

update

PNEUMA on current

developments

movement in different

parts

of the

globe.

Under the

guest editorship

of

the FOCUS section in the

Spring

1995 issue will

explore

the theme of Women and Pentecostalism. The

section will also be available to the

society’s

official “Interest

to delve into themes that would be of concern to the membership

as a whole. If a

particular

develop

a thematic

study

for the FOCUS

section,

a

proposal

from the

of the Interest

Group

should be sent to the Editor.

Inaugurating

section is one

way

of

institutionalizing

toward

developing

coherent thematic issues of the

journal made

by

former editor Cecil M.

Robeck,

Jr. At the same

time, by

on thematic articles

only

within one section of an

issue, other

pages

are

open

for

publishing

articles which

may

not fit with

any

but which merit

publication

in their own

right. Accordingly,

will be an ARTICLES section.

thematic

essays

in one section also allows for the

development

of the

journal.

In this

issue,

for

example,

a new

section is

being

launched.

provide

critical

commentary

on the articles which

explored

the theme of

Hermeneutics in the

previous

to stimulate

dialog

on the themes explored

in previous FOCUS sections.

Two other sections will be started

TABLE section will provide a format for the

investigation

of important

of informed discussion. A MAKING

section will use an interview format to probe

the life stories and intellectual

pilgrimages

of eminent scholars of

and the Charismatic Renewal. These sections

join

the REVIEW ESSAYS section which was started with the last volume. Of

specific

theme,

in some issues there Placing

of other sections

FEEDBACK

Pentecostal

FEEDBACK section is

designed

topics

in the

give-and-take PENTECOSTAL HISTORY

Pentecostalism

course,

not all of these sections

Responses

in this section

Fall 1993 issue. The

in future issues. A ROUND

will be found in each issue of

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PNEUMA. FEEDBACK, HISTORY,

The different ROUND

TABLE,

assumes

responsibility

journal.

sections-FOCUS, ARTICLES,

MAKING PENTECOSTAL

REVIEW ESSAYS-will be

placed together

in a variety of combinations

depending

on available

manuscripts,

editorial initiative and

judgment,

and

practical logistics.

The

only

section that will be found in each issue of the journal is the BOOK REVIEWS section.

In addition to

changes

in content and

organizational format,

the new masthead indicates that

significant changes

have also been made in the administration of the

journal.

With this

issue,

Dr.

Augustus Cerillo, Jr., Professor of

History

at California State

University, Long Beach,

as the Book Review Editor. Over

time, Professor Cerillo desires to increase the number of books reviewed in PNEUMA

by including

some shorter reviews

along

with the current more substantial reviews and review

essays.

In

addition,

Professor Cerillo

plans

to broaden out the kinds of books that are reviewed in the

Ms.

Kimberly Rinker,

who worked with me behind the scenes in producing the first two issues OfPNEU4A which I

edited, officially takes on the role of Editorial Assistant. She will

help

set

up

office

for

tracking manuscripts,

monitor the

progress

the

stages

toward

publication,

and produce camera-ready copy

of the

journal

for the

printer.

A group of Associate Editors has been added to the editorial staff of the

journal.

The Associate Editors are

representative

which meet at the annual

meetings

of the

society

and

procedures

and

systems

of articles and book reviews

through

“Interest

Groups”

reflect the

diversity

of academic investigation

of Pentecostalism Associate Editors

refereeing

the

acceptance

of the various

approaches

used in the

scholarly and the Charismatic Renewal. The

will assist me in the evaluation of unsolicited manuscripts

submitted for

publication

in PNEUMA. In their function of

of articles foi-

publication,

the Associate Editors

may

utilize their own network of

colleagues

to assist them in the evaluation of

manuscripts.

The Associate Editors will also work with the Book Review Editor in

recommending

in

identifying potential

reviewers for recommended Together

the Associate Editors and Professor Cerillo aim to make the

section and

scholarship

administration

books for the review

books.

source for

keeping up

with

format and editorial

Book Reviews section an

indispensable

on the

study

of Pentecostalism.

These

changes

in

content, organizational

are made with the intention of

enhancing

the

quality

of the

journal

and

making

its contents reflect the broad interests of the

of the

society.

In the

days

ahead we as a

society

will

gain the 20-20

hindsight

to

judge

whether this intention became a

reality.

for

starters,

I

hope you

find this issue an

intellectually stimulating

membership

But, one.

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