The Holy Spirit as Communion: Colin Gunton’s Pneumatology of Communion and Frank Macchia’s Pneumatology of Koinonia. By I. Leon Harris
I. Leon Harris’s aim in The Holy Spirit as Communion is modest: to outline how the doctrine of the Holy Spirit appears and develops within Colin Gunton’s and Frank Macchia’s theological projects. Both theologians, for Harris, argue for the distinctiveness of the Spirit’s loving, personal agency alon...
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2021
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2021, Volume: 72, Issue: 2, Pages: 1046-1048 |
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| Summary: | I. Leon Harris’s aim in The Holy Spirit as Communion is modest: to outline how the doctrine of the Holy Spirit appears and develops within Colin Gunton’s and Frank Macchia’s theological projects. Both theologians, for Harris, argue for the distinctiveness of the Spirit’s loving, personal agency alongside that of the Father and the Son in creation, redemption, and eschatology. But they do so from different starting points. Gunton, for example, begins his ruminations by considering the triune God’s self-revelation in Scripture and tradition before moving through Christology to ecclesial communion. Conversely, and using the Pentecostal metaphor of ‘Spirit baptism’ as an organizing framework, Macchia prioritizes the experience of the triune God’s salvation in ecclesial koinonia, reflection upon which results in Christology and a coherent doctrine of God. Harris demonstrates that for both Gunton and Macchia, and despite their particular ecclesial commitments (Gunton was British Reformed, Macchia is American Pentecostal) and theological proclivities, it is essential to consider seriously how the Spirit relates to other doctrines and the realities they express. They (and Harris with them) push for a pneumatology that moves beyond a cursory nod in the Spirit’s direction. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/flab124 |