The Dove Descending

Knowing and Loving in Spirit and Truth
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-0-227-17894-2
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 703 g

Brings together eminent theologians, poets, priests and thinkers, to consider the immersive, irreducible vision of the Holy Spirit.

For The Dove Descending, a collection of eminent theologians, poets, priests and thinkers came together to consider the immersive, irreducible vision of the Holy Spirit and His presence in Christ, the Scriptures, the Church, the Saints, the Father, and the world. The collected articles from the Pusey House Conference 2022 draw from a rich history of theological and literary figures - from Augustine of Hippo to Hans Urs von Balthasar, from John Milton to T.S. Eliot - whilst continually centring vigorous and incisive scriptural analysis.

Crystalising around the third article of the creed, the communion of the Holy Spirit, these articles explore the centrality of the sacraments, the necessity of yielding any possession of the spirit, and the recognition of Christ in the Holy Spirit, and, through Him, in the other. These papers, published here for the first time, are a crucial read for any academic, theologian or curious Christian, illuminating the complexity in envisioning the Spirit alongside the hope for the future His presence represents.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Westhaver, George

Price, Jonathan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Praktische Theologie Christliches Leben & Praxis

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Contributors
Acknowledgements

Introduction
Descent of the Dove: Knowing and Loving in Spirit and Truth
The Revd Dr George Westhaver
A Homiletic Preface
Desire and Discipline: The Inspiration of the Holy Spirit
The Rt Revd Dr Graham Tomlin

(I) Hidden in Words, Cloud, and Fire: The Holy Spirit in the Bible
The Early Christians and the Holy Spirit: Some Observations
The Rt Revd Prof N.T. Wright
The 'spirit' in the Psalms: Ruach as a Cosmic and Personal Presence
The Revd Canon Prof Susan Gillingham
The Holy Spirit Before Christianity
Prof Jack Levison

(II) A Broader Symphony: The Holy Spirit in the Fathers
The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit According to St. Athanasius of Alexandria: a New Anthropology
The Very Revd Prof John A McGuckin

Über Autor(innen)

Westhaver, George
REVD DR GEORGE WESTHAVER is the Principal of Pusey House, which focusses on promoting theological study and providing an independent chaplaincy to Oxford University. His research interests include E.B. Pusey and the Oxford Movement and the allegorical interpretation of the Bible.