The Third Person of the Trinity: Explorations in Constructive Dogmatics

by Zondervan, Oliver D. Crisp (Editor), Fred Sanders (Editor)

Overview

A Fresh Look at the Holy Spirit.

Recent decades have recognized pneumatology—the theology of the Holy Spirit—as a critical component in Christian thought, worthy of increased attention. While scholarly discussion about the Spirit is both creative and lively, it does sometimes occur in outlying areas of doctrine and practice rather than within its context of the doctrine of God.

The Third Person of the Trinity represents the proceedings of the 2020 Los Angeles Theology Conference, which examined pneumatology as a core component of the doctrine of the Trinity, offering constructive proposals for understanding the doctrine of the Holy Spirit with theological and historical depth, ecumenical scope, and analytic clarity.

The twelve diverse essays in this collection include discussions on:

• Understanding the Holy Spirit’s presence in creation.
• The mystery of the Trinity and the procession of the Spirit.
• An exploration of a Black American pneumatology of freedom.
• Exploring pneumatology alongside sorrow and suffering.

Each of the essays collected in this volume engage with Scripture as well as with others in the field—theologians both past and present, from different confessions—in order to provide constructive resources for contemporary systematic theology and to forge a theology for the future.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780310106913
Publisher:	Zondervan Academic
Publication date:	12/01/2020
Series:	Los Angeles Theology Conference Series
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Oliver D. Crisp (Ph D, University of London; DLitt University of Aberdeen) is Professor of Analytic Theology at the Logos Institute for Analytic and Exegetical Theology, St. Mary's College, the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. He is author of numerous books in analytic and systematic theology, including Analyzing Doctrine: Toward a Systematic Theology; Deviant Calvinism: Broadening Reformed Theology; Divinity and Humanity: The Incarnation Reconsidered; God Incarnate: Explorations in Christology; Retrieving Doctrine: Essays in Reformed Theology; and Revisioning Christology: Theology in the Reformed Tradition. Together with Fred Sanders, he is co-founder of the Los Angeles Theology Conference.

Fred Sanders (Ph D, Graduate Theological Union) is professor of theology in the Torrey Honors Institute at Biola University in La Mirada, California. He is author of numerous books including The Triune God in the New Studies in Dogmatics series; The Deep Things of God: How the Trinity Changes Everything; and Dr. Doctrines’ Christian Comix. He is coeditor of Jesus in Trinitarian Perspective: An Introductory Christology and Retrieving Eternal Generation. Fred is a core participant in the Theological Engagement with California’s Culture Project and a popular blogger at The Scriptorium Daily.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xi

Contributors xiii

Introduction Oliver D. Crisp Fred Sanders xv

1 "The Spirit Who is from God:" The Pneumatology of Procession and Mission Fred Sanders 1

2 Filioque and the Order of the Divine Missions Adonis Vidu 21

3 On the Revelation of the Holy Spirit and the Problem of Thirdness Kimberley Kroll Joanna Leidenhag 36

4 The Mystery of the Immanent Trinity and the Procession of the Spirit Sameer Yadav 55

5 "Spiritual Enlightenment": Contributions of a Pneumatological Epistemology Daniel Castelo 68

6 Who's on Third? (Re)locating the Spirit in the Triune Taxis Jerome Van Kuiken Joshua M. McNall 88

7 Holy Pedagogue, Perfecting Guide: The Holy Spirit's Presence in Creation Daniel Lee Hill 105

8 "… and the Fellowship of the Holy Spirit": The Relational Nature of the Spirit in God and Humans Esther E. Acolatse 121

9 The Spirit of the Lord: Reflections on a Christomorphic Pneumatology Lucy Peppiatt 138

10 We Believe in the Holy Spirit … the Holy Catholic Church Joshua Cockayne 161

11 The Holy Spirit as Liberator: An Exploration of a Black American Pneumatology of Freedom Leon Harris 179

12 Running Away from Sorrow: Pneumatology and Some Modern Discontents Ephraim Radner 196

Scripture Index 213

Subject Index 217

Author Index 227