The Spirit and the Community: Pneumatology and Ecclesiology in Jenson, Hütter and Bonhoeffer

This article explores how three Lutheran theologians have understood the relationship between the work of the Holy Spirit and the existing church. I argue that Robert Jenson and Reinhard Hütter both relate the Spirit to the church in ways that displace a full recognition of the church as sinful. In...

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Published inInternational journal of systematic theology : IJST Vol. 15; no. 4; pp. 453 - 468
Main Author Mawson, Michael
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.10.2013
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Subjects
Clergy
Holy Spirit
Lutheran churches
Pneumatics
Theology
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Summary:This article explores how three Lutheran theologians have understood the relationship between the work of the Holy Spirit and the existing church. I argue that Robert Jenson and Reinhard Hütter both relate the Spirit to the church in ways that displace a full recognition of the church as sinful. In contrast, I suggest how Dietrich Bonhoeffer's early and neglected reflections on ecclesiology and pneumatology allow for just such a recognition.
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ArticleID:IJST12038
ISSN:1463-1652
1468-2400
DOI:10.1111/ijst.12038