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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461498803321

Autore

McIntyre John <1916-2005.>

Titolo

The shape of pneumatology [[electronic resource] ] : studies in the doctrine of the Holy Spirit / / John McIntyre

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : T & T Clark International, 2004, c1997

ISBN

1-283-19365-5

9786613193650

0-567-14432-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Collana

Academic

Disciplina

231.3

Soggetti

Holy Spirit

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; 1. Betrayal? What Betrayal? The Process of Self-assessment; 2. The Shape: A Sketch; 3. The Bible; 4. The Trinity and the Classical Trinitarian Mould; 5. Jean Calvin and the Trinitarian Mould; 6. Karl Barth and the Trinitarian Mould; 7. Relational Pneumatology; 8. The Church, the Spirit and the Polarities; 9. Conclusions; Index of Names and Subjects; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; W; X; Index of Biblical Texts

Sommario/riassunto

Addresses one of the most difficult aspects of the doctrine - the heterogeneity of the biblical and traditional material from which it is derived - and points to the areas where church must act to recover the sense of the immediacy of the Holy Spirit.