Zahl, Simeon

The Holy Spirit and Christian Experience

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ISBN 13:
9780192882387
author:
Zahl, Simeon
format:
Paperback
publisher:
Oxford University Press
language:
English
Publication Year:
2022
Pages:
272
Dimensions:
23.2 x 15.1 x 1.4 centimetres (0
Genre:
Religion, Christianity, Literature & the Arts,
Condition:
New
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£17.70

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The Holy Spirit and Christian Experience by Simeon Zahl presents a fresh vision for Christian theology, one that foregrounds the relationship between theological ideas and the experiences of Christians. Zahl argues that theology is always operating in a vibrant landscape of feeling and desiring, and that contemporary theology has often operated in problematic isolation from these experiential dynamics. Zahl proposes a new methodological approach to Christian theology that attends to the emotional and experiential power of theological ideas. This approach draws on recent interdisciplinary work on affect and emotion, and demonstrates that current discourse about God's activity in the world is often artificially abstracted from experience and embodiment. The book outlines a new account of the theology of grace from this experiential and pneumatological perspective, focusing on the work of the Holy Spirit in salvation and sanctification. By retrieving insights from Augustine, Luther, and Philip Melanchthon, Zahl presents an affective and Augustinian vision of salvation as a pedagogy of desire. This vision engages critically with recent emphasis on participation and theosis in Christian soteriology, and charts a new path forward for Protestant theology.

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