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Volume 9, No 1 opens with a rather serendipitous study by Daniel Bunn of Oral Roberts' use of a scholarly biblical commentary on Exodus by Israeli scholar Umberto Cassuto that had previously been owned by Roberts in which he underlined and wrote margin notes on various passages in the commentary. Lora Angeline E. Timenia follows with a hermeneutical proposal for Asian Pentecostal hermeneutics that builds upon the triadic models developed by Kenneth Archer and Amos Yong. The result is a quadrilectic mode lthat she argues is more appropriate for Asian hermeneutical contexts, adding consideration of the Asian context to the triad of Spirit, Scripture, and tradition. Clyde Glandon contributes a study of the work of Charismatic Roman Catholic Abbot David Geraets in bringing together the Pentecostal practice of glossolalia with the Eastern Orthodox Jesus Prayer. Geraets argued that glossolalia and the Jesus Prayer mutually enhance the practice of these two modes of prayer. Glandon argues that this often overlooked figure provides a crucial contribution that would greatly benefit the spiritual lives of Spirit-empowered believers who seek a deeper experience of prayer. Ivan Hartsfield contributes a study that examines the concept of holiness as wholeness in Afro-Pentecostal tradition, drawing on the example of the Church of God in Christ(COGIC). Drawing on the thought of C. H. Mason, Hartsfield argues that the COGIC understands holiness as entailing the ""human flourishing of the total person,"" resulting in an experience of holiness that is available to all people, not just those considered ""saints."" The issue concludes with three studies that focus on African Christianity. First, Rebecca Attah, ChristineAvortri, Emmanuel Appah, and Alexander Preko present the findings of a qualitative research study that examined the responses of religious persons following the financial sector clean-up efforts by governmental agencies in Ghana designed to alleviate corruption in the country's financial system. The results of this effort caused significant distress to individuals. The study addresses two religious responses to the suffering experienced by people-""faith"" and ""leave it to God""- coping mechanisms that customers employ to address circumstances that lay outside their ability to influence directly. The authors suggest that these two responses, largely ignored by financial management literature, may be profitably considered in future studies. . . . The study is an example of how Spirit-empowered researchers may contribute to research on topics that involve Spirit-empowered believers in the larger social context. Fred Cudjoe Adadey and Barnabas Yisa follow with a study of the contribution that African Pentecostals may make in the area of development in Western Africa. Drawing on research conducted in two large churches-the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Nigeria, and the Church of Pentecost, Ghana-the authors demonstrate how these Pentecostal groups contribute to the social and political landscape in light of the growing sense that Pentecostal mission entails engagement in social arenas. In the final article, Justice A. Arthur and Lydia Andoh-Quainoo examine how the COVID-19 pandemic has influenced church attendance in Pentecostal-Charismatic churches in Ghana. Employing the concept of religious economy, the authors employ a survey of church leaders and attendees to gauge the attitudes and practices regarding church attendance in terms that view church leaders as marketers of religious products and attendees as consumers of these products. The study looks at how participants in the survey viewed church attendance in the pre- COVID-19, COVID-19, and post-COVID-19 periods, observing how the pandemic has affected church attendance behaviors, both in negative and positive ways. Four book reviews close out the issue.
