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K.J. Archer, L.W. Oliverio, Jr. (eds.), Constructive
Pneumatological Hermeneutics in Pentecostal Christianity,
DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-58561-5_8
CHAPTER 8
Radical Orthodoxy, Pentecostalism,
and Embodiment in Exodus 20:
Re-envisioning a Pentecostal Hermeneutic
for a Formative Liturgy
Yoon Shin
Y. Shin ()
Southeastern University , Lakeland , FL , USA
INTRODUCTION
We are “ homo liturgicus ,” beings immersed in and shaped by our prac-
tices. 1 Our vision of the world is hermeneutical, shaped by the variet-
ies of practice and affect with which we have involved ourselves. 2 For
Pentecostals, these highly affective religious beings, this liturgical shape
of our humanity is of signifi cant importance. While unrecognized by
many Pentecostals, Pentecostal worship is the practice of the “embodied
heart” that encounters and comes to “know” God through this embodied
practice. 3 Belief arises from embodiment; it is the interpretive product of
praxis. In this chapter, I will argue that embracing an embodied liturgy can
result in greater maturation not only for spiritual formation, but also for
the holistic formation of the person, as one encounters God sacramentally
and arrives at a deeper understanding of one’s being-in-the-world. 4
