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A fresh approach to the role of the Holy Spirit in Christian devotion, drawing upon the writings of two contrasting theologians.
The Holy Spirit has become an object of greater attention in Trinitarian theology, and indeed in the broader life of the Church, since the rise of Pentecostalism at the beginning of the twentieth century. Different understandings of the Holy Spirit have had different impacts on worship; here, Elizabeth Welch examines four surprising overlaps in the thought of two radically different traditions of the church about the relationship between the Holy Spirit and worship. These traditions are represented by John Owen, from seventeenth-century England, and John Zizioulas, from contemporary Greece.
Welch explores in turn the common themes of the personal and relational nature of the triune God, the immediacy of the encounter with God through the Holy Spirit in worship, the role of the Holy Spirit in leading people into truth, and the transformative nature of worship that draws people into sharing God's purpose for the world. In each, the insights of Owen and Zizioulas shed new light on the ongoing debate in the Church today.
The Holy Spirit has become an object of greater attention in Trinitarian theology, and indeed in the broader life of the Church, since the rise of Pentecostalism at the beginning of the twentieth century. Different understandings of the Holy Spirit have had different impacts on worship; here, Elizabeth Welch examines four surprising overlaps in the thought of two radically different traditions of the church about the relationship between the Holy Spirit and worship. These traditions are represented by John Owen, from seventeenth-century England, and John Zizioulas, from contemporary Greece.
Welch explores in turn the common themes of the personal and relational nature of the triune God, the immediacy of the encounter with God through the Holy Spirit in worship, the role of the Holy Spirit in leading people into truth, and the transformative nature of worship that draws people into sharing God's purpose for the world. In each, the insights of Owen and Zizioulas shed new light on the ongoing debate in the Church today.
Price: $36.95
Pages: 332
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Inc.
Imprint: James Clarke
Publication Date:
30 June 2022
Trim Size: 5.98 X 8.98 in
ISBN: 9780227177976
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
RELIGION / Christian Rituals & Practice / Worship & Liturgy, Christian life and practice, RELIGION / Christian Living / Social Issues, RELIGION / General, RELIGION / Christian Church / History, RELIGION / Spirituality, RELIGION / Christian Theology / Ecclesiology, Prayers and liturgical material, Religious social and pastoral thought and activity
This timely and scholarly book deepens ecumenical thinking about the connection between the Holy Spirit and the church's worship. Elizabeth Welch reveals unexpected convergences between John Owen (Reformed) and John Zizioulas (Orthodox), widely separated in time and in ecclesial tradition, in her dynamic, relational, and transformative theology of the Holy Spirit in worship. Both liturgy and theology will be enriched by the study of this book.
— Paul Avis, Durham University and University of Exeter
Throughout this book, Elizabeth Welch makes fresh and stimulating connections. She writes persuasively about the meeting of Christian West and Christian East in the rich theology of the Holy Spirit and of worship developed by the seventeenth-century Puritan John Owen and the contemporary Orthodox theologian John Zizioulas. Through this sharply focused study, she illuminates central ecclesiological themes common to East and West. This is an original, thought-provoking, and profoundly irenic book.
— Nicholas Sagovsky, King's College London
What connects a seventeenth-century English Puritan with a twenty-first-century Greek Orthodox theologian? The Holy Spirit! Elizabeth Welch's analysis of pneumatology in John Owen and John Zizioulas reveals unexpected convergence between the two thinkers. Insightful and stimulating, there is much here which promotes the quest to renew Christian worship and reinvigorate ecumenical dialogue.
— Robert Pope, Westminster College, Cambridge, United Kingdom
In a post-denominational era, where the momentum of the church seems to have shifted to the 'new' and 'pentecostal' churches, Dr. Welch's book is an important contribution to the contemporary ecumenical discussion about the place and work of the Holy Spirit in the worship of the church and a reminder of the significance of the historic discussions to that debate.
— John Burgess, retired minister and training officer of the United Reformed Church
— Paul Avis, Durham University and University of Exeter
Throughout this book, Elizabeth Welch makes fresh and stimulating connections. She writes persuasively about the meeting of Christian West and Christian East in the rich theology of the Holy Spirit and of worship developed by the seventeenth-century Puritan John Owen and the contemporary Orthodox theologian John Zizioulas. Through this sharply focused study, she illuminates central ecclesiological themes common to East and West. This is an original, thought-provoking, and profoundly irenic book.
— Nicholas Sagovsky, King's College London
What connects a seventeenth-century English Puritan with a twenty-first-century Greek Orthodox theologian? The Holy Spirit! Elizabeth Welch's analysis of pneumatology in John Owen and John Zizioulas reveals unexpected convergence between the two thinkers. Insightful and stimulating, there is much here which promotes the quest to renew Christian worship and reinvigorate ecumenical dialogue.
— Robert Pope, Westminster College, Cambridge, United Kingdom
In a post-denominational era, where the momentum of the church seems to have shifted to the 'new' and 'pentecostal' churches, Dr. Welch's book is an important contribution to the contemporary ecumenical discussion about the place and work of the Holy Spirit in the worship of the church and a reminder of the significance of the historic discussions to that debate.
— John Burgess, retired minister and training officer of the United Reformed Church
Foreword by Ben Quash
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. The Holy Spirit and Worship: Setting the Scene
2. Owen's and Zizioulas's Trinitarian Foundations
3. The "Dynamic Recovery" of the Holy Spirit in Owen and Zizioulas
4. The Significance of Worship for Owen and Zizioulas
5. The Quadrilateral, Part One: The Holy Spirit and the Trinity - Personal and Relational Understanding
6. The Quadrilateral, Part Two: The Holy Spirit Encountered in Worship - Immediacy, Mediation, and Otherness
7. The Quadrilateral, Part Three: "The Spirit Will Guide You into All the Truth"
8. The Quadrilateral, Part Four: Worship in the Power of the Holy Spirit - The Nature of Transformation
9. The Holy Spirit and Worship: Ecumenical Implications
Appendix: Contents of Goold's edition of John Owen's Works
Bibliography
Index
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. The Holy Spirit and Worship: Setting the Scene
2. Owen's and Zizioulas's Trinitarian Foundations
3. The "Dynamic Recovery" of the Holy Spirit in Owen and Zizioulas
4. The Significance of Worship for Owen and Zizioulas
5. The Quadrilateral, Part One: The Holy Spirit and the Trinity - Personal and Relational Understanding
6. The Quadrilateral, Part Two: The Holy Spirit Encountered in Worship - Immediacy, Mediation, and Otherness
7. The Quadrilateral, Part Three: "The Spirit Will Guide You into All the Truth"
8. The Quadrilateral, Part Four: Worship in the Power of the Holy Spirit - The Nature of Transformation
9. The Holy Spirit and Worship: Ecumenical Implications
Appendix: Contents of Goold's edition of John Owen's Works
Bibliography
Index