Title
Holy Spirit as communion : Colin Gunton's pneumatology of communion and Frank Macchia's pneumatology of koinonia
Files
School/Department
Talbot School of Theology
Description
In The Holy Spirit as Communion, Leon Harris examines the pneumatologies of Colin Gunton and Frank Macchia. For both theologians, the doctrine of the Holy Spirit is foundational to understanding their doctrine of God, Christology, and ecclesiology. Drawing on the theme of communion, The Holy Spirit as Communion expresses the concept that the Holy Spirit is the person who perfects the divine nature and personhood of the Father and Son. It is the Holy Spirit who perfects the eternal communion within the divine Trinity, which is the source of the divine action that also perfects the communion in creation as an expression of the Father's will through Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit as Communion explores the essentiality of the Holy Spirit through a unique approach to Spirit Christology: Gunton is represented by a radicalized version of Chalcedon Christology, and Macchia formulates his account through the overarching metaphor of "Spirit baptism." Therefore, the doctrine of God, Christology, ecclesiology, and eschatology cannot be construed without a proper account of pneumatology that takes into consideration the eschatological perfecting work of the third person of the Trinity--who perfects creation's koinonia as a gift from the Father through the grace of Jesus Christ.
Keywords
Holy Spirit; Gunton, Colin E.; Macchia, Frank D., 1952-
ISBN
978-1498297493
Publication Date
9-26-2017
Document Type
Book
Publisher
Pickwick Publications
City
Eugene
Disciplines
Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion
Recommended Citation
Harris, I. Leon (2017). Holy Spirit as communion : Colin Gunton's pneumatology of communion and Frank Macchia's pneumatology of koinonia. Eugene: Pickwick Publications.
https://digitalcommons.biola.edu/faculty-books/178