A licensed minister in the Assemblies of God, Yong was born in Malaysia and immigrated to the United States. His Ph.D. from Boston University is in religion and theology, and he also has a B.A. from Bethany College, an M.A. from Western Evangelical Seminary, and an M.A. from Portland State University. He was the J. Rodman Williams Professor of Theology and Dean at Regent UniversitySchool of Divinity 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 will be Dean of School of Theology and School of Intercultural Studies at Fuller Seminary, effective from July 1, 2019. He is a former president of the Society for Pentecostal Studies and co-edited its journal, from 2011-2014. He was the founding co-chair for the Pentecostal-Charismatic Movements Group for the American Academy of hope and Religion, and is co-editor of five monograph series: Pentecostal Manifestos, Studies in Religion, Theology and Disability, CHARIS: Christianity & Renewal - Interdisciplinary Studies, Missiological Engagements, and Mission in Global Community. In the last decade, he has become one of the most prolific writers among Pentecostal theologians in the academy. As of 2012, 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 is an articulation of a trinitarian theological method and hermeneutic that provides the conceptual basis for all of 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, even as he shows that he is not interested only in parochial Pentecostal issues.
Partial bibliography
Books
Discerning the Spirit: A Pentecostal-Charismatic Contribution to Christian Theology of Religions
Spirit-Word-Community: Theological Hermeneutics in Trinitarian Perspective
Beyond the Impasse: Toward a Pneumatological Theology of Religions
The Spirit Poured Out on All Flesh: Pentecostalism and the Possibility of Global Theology
Theology and Down Syndrome: Reimagining Disability in Late Modernity
Hospitality and the Other: Pentecost, Christian Practices, and the Neighbor
In the Days of Caesar: Pentecostalism and Political Theology - The Cadbury Lectures 2009
"Disability and the Love of Wisdom: De-Forming, Re-Forming, and Per-Forming Philosophy of Religion.” Evangelical Review of Theology 35, 2 : 160-176.
"" Cyberjournal for Pentecostal-Charismatic Research.
"” Ars Disputandi 12.
"Pentecostal Scholarship and Scholarship on Pentecostalism: The Next Generation.” Pneuma 34, 2 : 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 : 113-134.
"” Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Religion 3, 2.
"Sanctification, Science, and the Spirit: Salvaging Holiness in the Late Modern World.” Wesleyan Theological Journal 47, 2 : 36-52.
Chapters
"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.
