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The Holy Spirit and Higher Education
When even God is showing up at secular universities, one wonders what difference considerations of the Holy Spirit might make to complement and perhaps revitalize the christocentrism renowned across CHE. The Holy Spirit and Higher Education responds along two interrelated lines: by reconsidering historic Christian education itself from this pentecostal perspective, and by formulating an approach to CHE around the charismatic, sanctifying, and missional dimensions of the Spirit’s activity.
Holiness: The Beauty of Perfection
With clarity, understanding and insight, this work presents the subject of holiness from a perspective that motivates rather than intimidates the reader. An understanding of holiness is essential to our relationship with God and foundational to our call as Christians to make disciples. The text helps the reader grasp the multiple aspects of the truth concerning holiness.
Spiritual Formation and Mystical Symbolism
Biblical interpretation, writings on the contemplative/mystical life and a continuing deep reflection on the nature and meaning of symbols come together in powerful ways in Victorine writers, particularly Hugh and Richard, as well as the lesser-known writer, Thomas Gallus (Thomas of Vercelli), a Victorine canon who became the abbot of a house of regular canons in Vercelli, Italy.
Trinity and Creation
The Trinity and Creation are central themes in the theology of the Augustinian Canons of the Abbey of St Victor during its time of greatest flourishing in the twelfth century.In this volume, three of the most important Victorine theological works are introduced and completely translated into English for the first time.
The Spirit, the Affections, and the Christian Tradition
This book explores the role of emotions and affections in the Christian tradition from historical and theological perspectives, especially related to the work of the Holy Spirit. Although historians and scholars from a range of traditions―including Wesleyan, Pentecostal, and Pietist―have engaged these issues, there has yet to be a sustained examination of the role of emotions and affectivity across the Christian tradition.
Per Visibilia ad invisibilia
Approaching Richard of St. Victor's works through the lense of an ascent to God per visibilia ad invisibilia, the present work argues that Richard develops a consistent theological methodology that weds together an emerging academic theology with a contemplative reading of texts. This methodology begins with an attempt to understand the visible world through the medium of words, created things, and their orderly relation both in text and in creation.