The Holy Spirit and the Christian Life: Historical, Interdisciplinary, and Renewal Perspectives

Front Matter....Pages i-vi
Introduction....Pages 1-20
Mapping the Hermeneutical Waters: The Holy Spirit and the Revitalization of Interpretation....Pages 21-39
Monasticism: Instrument of the Holy Spirit in the Renewal of Today’s Church....Pages 41-57
Absence Makes the Heart Grow: Longing and the Spirit in the Theology of St. Augustine....Pages 59-74
Hugh of St. Victor and the Gifts of the Holy Spirit....Pages 75-91
A Lutheran Engagement with Wesley on the Work of the Holy Spirit....Pages 93-108
The Allurer of the Soul: The Holy Spirit in Puritan Preaching....Pages 109-124
Baptism by Fire: The Work of the Holy Spirit in Pascal’s Philosophy....Pages 125-141
The Holy Spirit and the Miraculous: John Wesley’s Egalitarian View of the Supernatural and its Problems....Pages 143-159
Apocalyptic Pneumatology and the Holy Spirit in the Religions: The Contributions of Christoph Blumhardt....Pages 161-177
An “Improbable Bond” of the Spirit: Historical Perspectives on the Christian Life in Pentecostal-Charismatic and Process-Relational Theologies....Pages 179-197
The Passion of/for Pentecost: Hermeneutics, Heterology, and the “Hauntology” of the Spirit....Pages 199-215
Conclusion: Christianity and Renewal—A Plea for Interdisciplinarity....Pages 217-225
Afterword....Pages 227-232
Back Matter....Pages 233-240