Simo Frestadius (PhD, University of Birmingham) is Vice-Principal at Regents Theological College, West Malvern, UK, as well as a PhD Supervisor at Bangor University. He is the Chair of the European Pentecostal Theological Association and an ordained minister in the Elim Pentecostal Church. His teaching and research focuses on Pentecostal theology, philosophical/constructive theology, public theology, and philosophy of religion.

You can email Simo at s.frestadius@bangor.ac.uk or simo.frestadius@regents-tc.ac.uk 

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• Professional: SFHEA
  Advance HE,
• MA
  Bangor University,
• BA
  University Of Wales,
• PhD
  University of Birmingham,

2024

• PublishedIntroduction: Towards a Pentecostal Public Theology in Europe
  Frestadius, S. & Cartledge, M., Jul 2024, Pentecostal Public Theology: Engaged Christianity and Transformed Society in Europe. Frestadius, S. & Cartledge, M. (eds.). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 24 p. (Christianity and Renewal - Interdisciplinary Studies).
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• PublishedPentecostal Public Reason: A Dialogue with Jürgen Habermas on Rationality, Religion and Democracy
  Frestadius, S., Jul 2024, Pentecostal Public Theology: Engaged Christianity and Transformed Society in Europe. Frestadius, S. & Cartledge, M. (eds.). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 197-218 22 p.
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• PublishedPentecostal Public Theology: Engaged Christianity and Transformed Society in Europe
  Frestadius, S. (Editor) & Cartledge, M. (Editor), Jul 2024, Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. 354 p. (Christianity and Renewal - Interdisciplinary Studies)
  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

2023

• PublishedAnglicans and Pentecostals in Dialogue
  Hilborn, D. (Editor) & Frestadius, S. (Editor), 22 Sept 2023, Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications. 356 p.
  Research output: Book/Report › Book
• PublishedAre We Still Perplexed by Pentecostalism? A Roundtable Discussion on Wolfgang Vondey’s Pentecostalism: A Guide for the Perplexed a Decade After Publication
  Frestadius, S., Oliverio, W., Urvas, S. & Vondey, W., 26 Jul 2023, In: Journal of Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity. 43, 2, p. 209-224
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedPentecostals and Baptism in the Spirit
  Frestadius, S., Sept 2023, Anglicans and Pentecostals in Dialogue. Hilborn, D. & Frestadius, S. (eds.). Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, p. 186 199 p.
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• PublishedSynnin ongelma
  Frestadius, S., Jun 2023, Pelastus : Jumalan suunnitelma. Suomen helluntailiikkeen opetuksia 4 . Salmela, H. (ed.). Aikamedia, p. 87-120 (Teachings of the Finnish Pentecostal movement; vol. 4).
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

2022

• PublishedPragmatic Philosophy of Religion: Melioristic Case Studies by Ulf Zackariasson
  Frestadius, S., 16 Dec 2022, In: European Journal for Philosophy of Religion. 14, 4, p. 289-293 5 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
• PublishedQuaker Epistemology
  Frestadius, S., Sept 2022, In: Religious Studies. 58, 3, p. 658-659
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
• PublishedThe Pentecostal hypothesis Christ talks, they decide
  Frestadius, S., Mar 2022, In: Journal of the European Pentecostal Theological Association. 42, 2, p. 181-183
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
• PublishedTrinitaarisia harhaoppeja ja hairahduksia
  Frestadius, S., 2022, Jumala: kaikkivaltias Isä. Keuruu: Aikamedia, p. 125-158 33 p.
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

2021

• PublishedEpistemologiaa helluntailaisittain: Helluntailainen raamatullinen pragmatismi eurooppalaisessa kontekstissa
  Frestadius, S., 2021, In: Berea: Vapaakristillinen teologian aikakauslehti . 1, p. 79-92 13 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedMitä yhteistä on Azusa-kadulla ja metafyysisella klubilla? Ajatuksia helluntailaisesta tietoteoriasta ja sen suhteesta amerikkalaiseen pragmatismiin
  Frestadius, S., 2021, In: Areiopagi.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedPentecostal Theological Education: Mapping the Historical Landscape and Reflecting on a Theological Future
  Frestadius, S., 18 Jun 2021, In: PentecoStudies. 20, 1, p. 56-77 21 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe Routledge Handbook of Pentecostal Theology
  Frestadius, S., 14 Mar 2021, In: Journal of the European Pentecostal Theological Association. 41, 2, p. 179-180
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review

2020

• Published'Pentecost with signs': historical and theological reflections on Spirit baptism from a British and wider European perspective
  Frestadius, S., 29 Jul 2020, In: Journal of the European Pentecostal Theological Association. 40, 2, p. 104-119 15 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedEuropean Pentecostalism: A European Past and a Pentecostal Future
  Frestadius, S., Dec 2020, In: Pneuma. 42, 3-4, p. 415-429 14 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedPentecostal Rationality: Epistemology and Theological Hermeneutics in the Foursquare Tradition
  Frestadius, S., 7 Jan 2020, Bloomsbury Academic. 240 p. (T&T Clark Systematic Pentecostal and Charismatic Theology)
  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
• PublishedPentecostal Theology and Ecumenical Theology: Interpretations and Intersections: edited by Peter Hocken, Tony L. Richie and Christopher A. Stephenson, Leiden
  Frestadius, S., 18 Feb 2020, In: Journal of the European Pentecostal Theological Association. 40, 1, p. 83-84
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
• PublishedPentecostals and Charismatics in Britain: An Anthology: edited by Joe Aldred, London, SCM Press, 2019, 221 pages, £30 (paperback), ISBN 9780334057116
  Frestadius, S., 28 Jan 2020, In: Journal of the European Pentecostal Theological Association. 40, 1, p. 80-81
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
• PublishedSCM Studyguide to Religious and Spiritual Experience
  Frestadius, S., 20 Jul 2020, In: Journal of the European Pentecostal Theological Association. 40, 2, p. 167-168
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review

2019

• PublishedElim Pentecostal Church, UK
  Frestadius, S., 2019, Brill’s Encyclopedia of Global Pentecostalism Online. Brill
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary › peer-review
• PublishedThe Hermeneutical Spirit: Theological Interpretation and Scriptural Imagination for the 21st Century
  Frestadius, S., 14 Feb 2019, In: Journal of the European Pentecostal Theological Association. 39, 2, p. 184-185
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review

2018

• PublishedConstructive Pneumatological Hermeneutics in Pentecostal Christianity
  Frestadius, S., 8 Nov 2018, In: Journal of the European Pentecostal Theological Association. 38, 1, p. 96-97
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review

2016

• PublishedIn Search of a ‘Pentecostal’ Epistemology: Comparing the Contributions of Amos Yong and James K. A. Smith
  Frestadius, S., 1 Jan 2016, In: Pneuma. 38, 1-2, p. 93-114 21 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe Elim Tradition: 'An Argument Extended through Time’ (Alasdair MacIntyre)
  Frestadius, S., 6 Apr 2016, In: Journal of the European Pentecostal Theological Association. 36, 1, p. 57-68 11 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2013

• PublishedPentecostalism: A Guide for the Perplexed: by Wolfgang Vondey, London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2013.
  Frestadius, S., 2013, In: Themelios. 38, 3
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
• PublishedThe Theology of Amos Yong and the New Face of Pentecostal Scholarship: Passion for the Spirit: edited by Wolfgang Vondey and Martin William Mittelstadt, Leiden: Brill, 2013.
  Frestadius, S., 6 Jan 2013, In: Journal of the European Pentecostal Theological Association. 33, 2, p. 213-215
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review

2011

• PublishedThe Spirit and Wisdom in 1 Corinthians 2:1-13
  Frestadius, S., 2011, In: Journal of Biblical and Pneumatological Research. 3, p. 52-70 18 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review