1st Edition

The Holy Spirit and the Church Ecumenical Reflections with a Pastoral Perspective

Edited By Thomas Hughson Copyright 2016
    158 Pages
    by Routledge

    158 Pages
    by Routledge

    Advancing strong, scholarly discussion on the Holy Spirit and the church in the context of the ecumenical movement, six theologians in five different churches offer new theological and pastoral insights into the work of the Holy Spirit in the churches of Christianity, in ecumenism, and in witness. With The Church: Towards a Common Vision (World Council of Churches) document serving as a common point of reference, a pastoral perspective is distinctive throughout. Relating theology to non-theological knowledge of the contemporary cultural context, as well as application to pastoral practice, this book draws from, and is applicable to, clergy formation, preaching, lay discipleship, church-world relations, social mission, congregational life, grass-roots ecumenical cooperation, and witness to Christ and the gospel by racial minorities.

    Part I: The Holty Spirit and Ministry 1. The Holy Spirit and the Church in Lutheran Preaching Cheryl M. Peterson 2. The Holy Spirit in the Church of England Today: Some Factors in Occlusion Martyn Percy 3. The Pentecostal Churches and the Ecumenical Potential of Spirit Baptism in the Late Modern World: A Pentecostal Response to The Church: Towards a Common Vision L. William Oliverio, Jr. Part II: The Holy Spirit and Mission 4 Marvelous Makanaka: Contextual Mission, Women, and the Holy Spirit in the Church Cathy Ross 5. The Holy Spirit and the Church: Womanist Considerations Eboni Marshall Turman 6. Life After Liturgy: The Paraclete and Social Mission Thomas Hughson, S.J

    Biography

    Thomas Hughson was ordained a priest in 1971. He received a PhD in Systematic Theology from the University of St. Michael's College, University of Toronto, in 1981. He held a faculty position in the Department of Theology at Marquette University from 1979 on, with the exception of 1986-89 as Dean at the Pontifical Biblical Institute-Jerusalem. Editor of Matthias Scheeben on Faith: The Doctoral Dissertation of John Courtney Murray and author of The Believer as Citizen: John Courtney Murray in a New Context, he serves on the Editorial Board of the Public Policy Forum, the Editorial Board of Modern Believing, was an Associate Editor of Theological Studies, co-edits the Ashgate Contemporary Ecclesiology Series, and retired emeritus in 2010 after being Director of Graduate Studies in Theology for some years. He has pastoral experience in spiritual direction in light of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. Recent publications include Connecting Jesus to Social Justice: Classical Christology and Public Theology and "Interpreting Vatican II: 'A New Pentecost'," in Theological Studies 69.