Description: The Holy Spirit offers a constructive systematic and contemplative account of the metaphysics of the Holy Spirit in conversation with Augustine's, Thomas Aquinas's, and Karl Barth's engagements with the Fourth Gospel.
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Christopher R.J. Holmes (ThD, Wycliffe College, University of Toronto) is senior lecturer in systematic theology in the department of theology and religion, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Christopher is an Anglican priest and is the author of Revisiting the Doctrine of the Divine Attributes: In Dialogue with Karl Barth, Eberhard Jüngel, and Wolf Krötke (2007), Ethics in the Presence of Christ (2012), as well as many articles on the theology of Karl Barth, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and on Christian doctrine.
Review Quotes: 'With its scriptural alertness, its generous appropriation of elements of classical Christian thought, and its dogmatic intelligence and scope, this is a rewarding study of the lordly and life-giving Spirit.'--John Webster, St. Mary's College, University of St. Andrews