Format:
1 Online-Ressource (XI, 141 Seiten)
ISBN:
9783657760145
Uniform Title:
Gottes Geist
Content:
Reinhard Feldmeier interprets biblical statements on the Spirit of God in the context of ancient religious and intellectual history, thereby revealing its fundamental significance for early Christianity and the ensuing need to "test the spirits". By holding the critical mirror of biblical testimonies up to the Spirit-forgetfulness of churches in the northern hemisphere and to the overemphasis of some churches in the Global South, his intention is to stimulate further theological reflection. The Holy Spirit is often granted only a minor role in many churches andtheologies. Yet in the Global South, where Christianity-in contrast to Europe and North America-is constantly expanding, the Spirit plays the leading role in Pentecostal and Neo-Pentecostal denominations, as well as in the charismatic renewal movements of the mainline churches. Reinhard Feldmeier engages that tension in the form of an exegetical study which interprets the biblical witnesses in the context of the religious and intellectual history of ancient Judaism and Graeco-Roman antiquity. Against this background, Feldmeier demonstrates both the fundamental significance of the Holy Spirit in early Christianity and the necessity of "testing the spirits" which it entailed. In this way, the author seeks to hold up the critical mirror of the biblical testimonies both to the Spirit-forgetfulness of churches in the northern hemisphere and to the overemphasis of some churches in the Global South and thus to provide both with impulses for further theological reflection
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 133-41
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783506760142
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3506760149
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783657760145
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Feldmeier, Reinhard, 1952 - The spirit of God Paderborn : Brill Schöningh, 2022 ISBN 9783506760142
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3506760149
Language:
English
Keywords:
Pneumatologie
;
Heiliger Geist
;
Bibel
;
Biblische Theologie
;
Griechenland
;
Römisches Reich
;
Antike
;
Philosophie
;
Judentum
;
Rezeption
;
Pneumatologie
DOI:
10.30965/9783657760145
URL:
DOI des Erstveröffentlichers
Author information:
Feldmeier, Reinhard 1952-
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