Pneumatology – The Holy Spirit in Ecumenical, International, and Contextual Perspective

Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen (DrTheol, University of Helsinki) is professor of systematic theology at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California, and docent of ecumenics at the University of Helsinki, Finland. He is the author of numerous books, including Christology and The Doctrine of God.

• Contents1. Introduction to Pneumatology as a Theological Discipline2. Biblical Perspectives on the Spirit3. Patristic Experience and the Doctrine of the Spirit4. From Medieval to Modern Experiences and Reconstructions of the Spirit5. The Spirit in Twentieth- and Twenty-First-CenturyInterpretations6. Contextual and Global Pneumatologies7. Holy Spirit among ReligionsEpilogue: Whither Pneumatology?Indexes