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Pneumatology: The Holy Spirit in Ecumenical, International, and Contextual Perspective is unavailable, but you can change that!

One of the most exciting recent developments in theology has been an unprecedented interest in the person and work of the Holy Spirit. In fact, Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen describes this phenomenon as a “pneumatological renaissance.” But such discussion should be informed, he contends, by two overarching principles. First, we must acknowledge the variety of approaches to the experience of the Holy...

Isa. 61:1ff.). Indeed, Jesus believed that Isaiah 61:1ff. was fulfilled in his own ministry, as Luke 4:18–19 clearly shows: The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor. Rather than being a prophet of judgment, Jesus saw his ministry in the Spirit in terms of eschatological blessing: good news,
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