The work of the Spirit : Pneumatology and Pentecostalism /
edited by Michael Welker.
- Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 2006.
- xvii, 236 p. ; 23 cm.
"This book is the result of a consultation entitled "Pneumatology: exploring the work of the Spirit from contemporary perspectives," held in New York City in November 2004"--Acknowledgments.
Includes bibliographical references.
I. Reconceiving the Spirit, Its Personhood and Its Workings: -- Towards the spirit of Christ: the emergence of the distinctive features of Christian pneumatology / James D.G. Dunn -- The Holy Spirit, a person?: reflection on the Spirit's Trinitarian identity / Bernd Oberdorfer -- "How to speak of the Spirit among religions": Trinitarian prolegomena for a pneumatological theology of religions / Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen -- The nature of the Spirit: creation as a premonition of God / D. Lyle Dabney -- Workings of the Spirit: simplicity or complexity? / Kathryn Tanner -- II. The Spirit in Pentecostal Theology: -- The kingdom and the power: Spirit baptism in pentecostal and ecumenical perspective / Frank D. Macchia -- Early Pentecostals and the study of popular religious movements in modern America / Grant Wacker -- The future of American pentecostal identity: the Assemblies of God at a crossroad / Margaret Poloma -- III. The Spirit: Connecting Theological, Scientific, and Philosophical Insights -- The hidden Spirit and the cosmos / John Polkinghorne -- Ruach, the primordial chaos, and the breath of life: emergence theory and the creation narratives in pneumatological perspective / Amos Yong -- The Spirit in evidence: stories of how decisions are made / Donald G. York and Anna York -- The Spirit in philosophical, theological, and interdisciplinary perspectives / Michael Welker