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Community-Forming Power: The Socio-Ethical Role of the Spirit in Luke-Acts is unavailable, but you can change that!

In past years the controversy over Luke’s concept of the Spirit has centered on the ethical dimension of his pneumatology. Community-Forming Power sets out to address the issue by assessing the Lukan writings in the light of evidence from Second Temple Judaism and by applying speech-act theory to prophetic utterances. Wenk argues that the Spirit’s role in prophecy cannot be limited to the content...

having stated this proposition, Büchsel lists three main effects of the Spirit on the earliest church: (1) speaking in other languages; (2) prophetic speeches; and (3) religious, moral effects.43 The moral effects are defined as boldness in confessing the name of Jesus, perseverance and the strength to endure sufferings.44 Büchsel also links the ‘wisdom’ of Stephen with the Holy Spirit and sees Stephen’s special insight, his care for the poor and his diligence as being prompted by the Spirit.45 As
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