Amos Yong

Amos Yong (Chinese: 楊偉明; born July 26, 1965)^[2] is a Malaysian-American Pentecostal theologian and Professor of Theology and Mission at Fuller Theological Seminary.^[1] He has been Dean of School of Theology and School of Intercultural Studies at Fuller Seminary, since July 1, 2019.^[3]

A licensed minister in the Assemblies of God,^[4] Yong was born in Malaysia and immigrated to the United States.^[5] His Ph.D. from Boston University is in religion and theology, and he has a B.A. from Bethany College, an M.A. from Western Evangelical Seminary, and an M.A. from Portland State University.^[2] He was the J. Rodman Williams Professor of Theology and Dean at Regent University School of Divinity (Virginia Beach, VA) until June 2014. Since July 1, 2014, Yong has been Professor of Theology & Mission at Fuller Theological Seminary and director of the Fuller Theological Seminary's Center for Missiological Research. He was Dean of School of Theology and School of Intercultural Studies at Fuller Seminary, effective July 1, 2019.^[3]

He is a former president of the Society for Pentecostal Studies (2008 – 09) and co-edited its journal, PNEUMA from 2011 – 2014.^[6] He was the founding co-chair for the Pentecostal-Charismatic Movements Group for the American Academy of hope and Religion (2006 – 2011) and is co-editor of five monograph series: Pentecostal Manifestos (Eerdmans), Studies in Religion, Theology and Disability (Baylor), CHARIS: Christianity & Renewal – Interdisciplinary Studies (Palgrave Macmillan), Missiological Engagements (IVP Academic), and Mission in Global Community (Baker Academic).

In the last decade, he has become one of the most prolific writers among Pentecostal theologians in the academy. He has devoted scholarly monographs to interreligious dialogue and comparative theology, global Pentecostal theology, theology of disability, political theology, dialogue between science and religion, and theology of love. What may be his most important book (Spirit-Word-Community) is an articulation of a trinitarian theological method and hermeneutic that provides the conceptual basis for all his other work. In it he demonstrates his ability to bring a Pentecostal account of pneumatology to bear on a number of perennial theological and philosophical concerns, and thus shows that he is not interested only in parochial Pentecostal issues.

Amos came to Fuller Theological Seminary in 2014 as a professor for missions and was named the Dean for the School of Intercultural Studies in 2019.^[7]

1. Discerning the Spirit(s): A Pentecostal-Charismatic Contribution to Christian Theology of Religions (Sheffield, UK: Sheffield Academic Press, 2000) ISBN: 1841271330
2. Spirit-Word-Community: Theological Hermeneutics in Trinitarian Perspective (Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing Ltd., 2002) ISBN: 0754605418
3. Beyond the Impasse: Toward a Pneumatological Theology of Religions (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2003) ISBN: 0801026121
4. The Spirit Poured Out on All Flesh: Pentecostalism and the Possibility of Global Theology (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2005) ISBN: 0801027705
5. Theology and Down Syndrome: Reimagining Disability in Late Modernity (Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2007) ISBN: 1602580065
6. Hospitality and the Other: Pentecost, Christian Practices, and the Neighbor (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2008) ISBN: 1570757723
7. In the Days of Caesar: Pentecostalism and Political Theology (Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2010) ISBN: 0802864062
8. Who is the Holy Spirit? A Walk with the Apostles (Brewster, MA: Paraclete Press, 2011) ISBN: 1557256355
9. The Spirit of Creation: Modern Science and Divine Action in the Pentecostal-Charismatic Imagination (Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2011) ISBN: 0802866127
10. The Bible, Disability, and the Church: A New Vision of the People of God (Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2011) ISBN: 0802866080
11. Spirit of Love: A Trinitarian Theology of Grace (Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2012) ISBN: 1602583269
12. The Cosmic Breath: Spirit and Nature in the Christianity-Buddhism-Science Trialogue (Leiden: Brill, 2012) ISBN: 9004205130
13. Pneumatology and the Christian-Buddhist Dialogue: Does the Spirit Blow through the Middle Way? (Leiden: Brill, 2012) ISBN: 9004231177
14. Penticostalismul global: Traiectorii teologice și impact social (Bucaresti: Editura Plērōma, 2013) ISBN: 9786069209639
15. The Future of Evangelical Theology: Soundings from the Asian American Diaspora (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2014) ISBN: 9780830840601
16. Renewing Christian Theology: Systematics for a Global Christianity (Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2014) ISBN: 1602587618
17. The Missiological Spirit: Christian Mission Theology for the Third Millennium Global Context (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2014) ISBN: 9781625646705
18. The Dialogical Spirit: Christian Reason and Theological Method for the Third Millennium (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2014) ISBN: 9781625645647
19. The Hermeneutical Spirit: Theological Interpretation and the Scriptural Imagination for the 21st Century (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2017) ISBN: 9781532604898
20. Learning Theology: Tracking the Spirit of Christian Faith (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2018) ISBN: 9780664263966
21. The Kerygmatic Spirit: Apostolic Preaching in the 21st Century (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2018) ISBN: 9781498298179
22. Mission after Pentecost: The Witness of the Spirit from Genesis to Revelation (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2019) ISBN: 9781540961150
23. Renewing the Church by the Spirit: Theological Education after Pentecost (Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2020) ISBN: 9780802878403
24. An Amos Yong Reader: The Pentecostal Spirit (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2020) ISBN: 9781725250895
25. Revelation, Belief: A Theological Commentary on the Bible (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2021) ISBN: 9780664232481
26. The Holy Spirit and Higher Education: Renewing the Christian University (Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2023) ISBN: 9781481318143
27. The Dialogical Spirit II: Contextual God, Pluralistic Selves, and Dialectical Imagination after Pentecost (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2024) ISBN: 9781666705263

1. Editor, Toward a Pneumatological Theology: Pentecostal and Ecumenical Perspectives on Ecclesiology, Soteriology and Theology of Mission, by Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2002) ISBN: 0761823891
2. Editor, with Peter Heltzel, Theology in Global Context: Essays in Honor of Robert Cummings Neville (New York: T & T Clark, 2004) ISBN: 0567026906
3. Editor, Philip's Daughters: Women in Pentecostal-Charismatic Leadership (Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2009) ISBN: 1556358326
4. Editor, The Spirit Renews the Face of the Earth: Pentecostal Forays in Science and Theology of Creation (Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2009) ISBN: 1606081969
5. Editor, with James K. A. Smith, Science and the Spirit: A Pentecostal Engagement with the Sciences (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2010) ISBN: 0253355168
6. Editor, with Barbara Brown Zikmund, Remembering Jamestown: Hard Questions about Christian Mission (Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2010) ISBN: 1608991969
7. Editor, with Clifton Clarke, Global Renewal, Religious Pluralism, and the Great Commission: Toward a Renewal Theology of Mission and Interreligious Encounter (Lexington, KY: Emeth Press, 2011) ISBN: 0981958286
8. Editor, with Estrelda Y. Alexander, Afro-Pentecostalism: Black Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity in History and Culture (New York: New York University Press, 2011) ISBN: 9780814797310
9. Editor, with Katherine Attanasi, Pentecostalism and Prosperity: The Socioeconomics of the Global Charismatic Movement (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012) ISBN: 0230338283
10. Editor, with Matthew T. Lee, The Science and Theology of Godly Love (DeKalb, IL: Northern Illinois University Press, 2012) ISBN: 9780875804491
11. Editor, with Matthew T. Lee, Godly Love: Impediments and Possibilities (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2012) ISBN: 9780739167878
12. Editor, with Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen and Kirsteen Kim, Interdisciplinary and Religio-Cultural Discourses on a Spirit-Filled World: Loosing the Spirits (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013) ISBN: 9781137268983
13. Editor, with Chandler H. Im, Global Diasporas and Mission (Oxford: Regnum Books International, 2014) ISBN: 9781908355485
14. Editor, with Cecil M. Robeck, Jr., The Cambridge Companion to Pentecostalism (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014) ISBN: 9781107007093
15. Editor, with Scott Sunquist, The Gospel and Pluralism Today: Reassessing Lesslie Newbigin for the 21st Century (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2015) ISBN: 9780830850945
16. Editor, with Nimi Wariboko, Paul Tillich and Pentecostal Theology: Spiritual Presence and Spiritual Power (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2015) ISBN: 9780253018021
17. Editor, with Monique Ingalls, The Spirit of Praise: Music and Worship in Global Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity (University Park, PA: Penn State University Press, 2015) ISBN: 9780271066622
18. Editor, with Vinson Synan, Global Renewal Christianity: Spirit-Empowered Movements Past, Present, and Future, vol. I: Asia and Oceania (Lake Mary, FL: Charisma House Publishers, 2016) ISBN: 9781629986883
19. Editor, with Vinson Synan and Miguel Álvarez, Global Renewal Christianity: Spirit-Empowered Movements Past, Present, and Future, vol. II: Latin America (Lake Mary, FL: Charisma House Publishers, 2016) ISBN: 9781629987675
20. Editor, with Vinson Synan and J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu, Global Renewal Christianity: Spirit-Empowered Movements Past, Present, and Future, vol. III: Africa (Lake Mary, FL: Charisma House Publishers, 2016) ISBN: 9781629987682
21. Editor, with Dale M. Coulter, The Spirit, the Affections, and the Christian Tradition (Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2016) ISBN: 9780268100049
22. Editor, with Sarah J. Melcher and Mikeal C. Parsons, The Bible and Disability: A Commentary (Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2017) ISBN: 9781602586215
23. Editor, with Vinson Synan, Global Renewal Christianity: Spirit-Empowered Movements Past, Present, and Future, vol. IV: Europe and North America (Lake Mary, FL: Charisma House Publishers, 2017) ISBN: 9781629989433
24. Editor, with Love L. Sechrest and Johnny Ramírez-Johnson, Can "White" People Be Saved? Triangulating Race, Theology, and Mission (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2018) ISBN: 0830851046
25. Editor, with Steven M. Studebaker, Pentecostal Theology and Jonathan Edwards (New York: Bloomsbury, 2019) ISBN: 9780567687876
26. Editor, with David J. Downs and Tina Houston-Armstrong, Vocation, Formation, and Theological Education: Interdisciplinary Perspectives from Fuller Theological Seminary (Claremont, CA: CST Press, 2021) ISBN: 1946230480
27. Editor, with Elaine Wei-Fun Goh, Kah-Jin Jeffrey Kuan, and Jonathan Yun-Ka Tan, From Malaysia to the Ends of the Earth: Southeast Asian and Diasporic Contributions to Biblical and Theological Studies (Claremont, CA: CST Press, 2021) ISBN: 1946230546
28. Editor, with Patrick Oden and Peter Goodwin Heltzel, The Dialogical Evangelical Theology of Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen: Exploring the Work of God in a Diverse Church and a Pluralistic World (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2022) ISBN: 9781978710351
29. Editor, with Mark A. Lamport and Timothy L. N. Lim, Uncovering the Pearl: The Hidden Story of Christianity in Asia (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2023) ISBN: 9781666728996

• "Many Tongues, Many Senses: Pentecost, the Body Politic, and the Redemption of Dis/ability.” Pneuma 31, 2 (2009): 167-188.
• (with Dale M. Coulter) "From West to East: The Renewal of the Leading Journal in Pentecostal Studies.” Pneuma 10, 2 (2011): 147-173.
• "Sons and Daughters, Young and Old: Toward a Pentecostal Theology of the Family.” PentecoStudies 10, 2 (2011): 147-173.
• "Science and Religion: Introducing the Issues, Entering the Debates--A Review Essay.” Christian Scholar's Review 40, 2 (Winter 2011): 189-203.
• "Reading Scripture and Nature: Pentecostal Hermeneutics and Their Implications for the Contemporary Evangelical Theology and Science Conversation.” Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith 63, 1 (March 2011): 3-15.
• "Disability and the Love of Wisdom: De-Forming, Re-Forming, and Per-Forming Philosophy of Religion.” Evangelical Review of Theology 35, 2 (April 2011): 160-176.
• "The Spirit of Science: Are Pentecostals Ready to Engage the Discussion?" Cyberjournal for Pentecostal-Charismatic Research (April 20, 2011).
• "Disability Theology of the Resurrection: Persisting Questions and Additional Considerations--A Response to Ryan Mullins.” Ars Disputandi 12 (2012).
• "Pentecostal Scholarship and Scholarship on Pentecostalism: The Next Generation.” Pneuma 34, 2 (2012): 161-165.
• "What's Love Got to Do With It?: The Sociology of Godly Love and the Renewal of Modern Pentecostalism.” Journal of Pentecostal Theology 21, 1 (2012): 113-134.
• "Informality, Illegality, and Improvisation: Theological Reflections on Money, Migration, and Ministry in Chinatown, NYC, and Beyond.” Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Religion 3, 2 (January 2012).
• "Sanctification, Science, and the Spirit: Salvaging Holiness in the Late Modern World.” Wesleyan Theological Journal 47, 2 (Fall 2012): 36-52.

• "The Buddhist-Christian Encounter in the United States: Reflections on Christian Practices." In Ecumenical Directions in the United States Today: Churches on a Theological Journey, eds. Antonios Kireopoulos and Juliana Mecera. New York: Paulist Press, 2011.
• "The Spirit, Vocation, and the Life of the Mind: A Pentecostal Testimony." In Pentecostals in the Academy: Testimonies of Call, eds. Steven M. Fettke and Robby Waddell. Cleveland: CPT Press, 2012.
• "Relational Theology and the Holy Spirit." In Relational Theology: A Contemporary Introduction, eds. Brint Montgomery, Thomas J. Oord, and Karen Strand Winslow. Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 2012.
• "Pentecostal and Charismatic Theology." In The Routledge Companion to Modern Christian Thought, eds. James Beilby and Chad Meister. New York: Routledge, 2013.

• Faculty Page: Fuller Theological Seminary, Director of the Center for Missiological Research (CMR) and Professor of Theology and Mission
• "Who and What is the Holy Spirit?" Interview with Amos Yong on The Laymens Lounge.
• Yong's [1]Curriculum vitae hosted by Fuller Seminary, as of August 8, 2025.