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The Holy Spirit who worked on the first Christian Pentecost continues to work in the church and the world today. This being so, the field of pneumatology--the theology of the Holy Spirit--should pique the interest of both the ""average"" Christian and the academic theologian, perhaps more than it has in recent times. This collection of chapters brings pneumatology into conversation with a wide variety of disciplines, including scripture, patristic and medieval theology, and history. The result is a scholarly monograph that enriches both pneumatology and the fields with which each contributor engages. Furthermore, with its attention on the work of the Spirit in the sacraments and the life of the church, Pneumatology at the Beginning of the Third Millennium will help pastors and catechists in their ministries to understand more deeply the riches of the theology of the Third Person of the Trinity.

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"""Australian Catholic theology is alive and well. With an exhilarating array of essays, this book on pneumatology takes us from its scriptural foundations, via patristic and medieval developments, to a variety of thematic and contemporary pneumatological issues. Wagner, McGregor, and Naumann's faithful editorial yeoman's work is a gift from the Spirit, with this fourth volume contributing yet again to the status of the Theology at the Beginning of the Third Millennium series as the go-to Fundgrube of twenty-first-century dogmatics."" --Hans Boersma, chair in ascetical theology, Nashotah House Theological Seminary ""As a splendid complement to Third Article Theology, this book covers the broad range of pneumatological thinking while beautifully featuring the core importance of the inseparability of Christology and pneumatology. This inspired collection reaches from the Trinitarian processions all the way to practical pastoral applications. Well-grounded in patristic reflection, together with the latest in contemporary theology, the contributions in this volume showcase a rich vein of English-language Catholic theological thought. Strongly recommended!"" --Simon Wayte, academic dean, Catholic Theological College, University of Divinity ""There is today, quite rightly, a lot of talk about the Holy Spirit in the Church. However, this talk is often without a lot of substance and tends to lead to a dichotomy between a 'Spirit-led' Church and the Institutional Church. This superb and eclectic collection is an excellent resource to help avoid this dichotomy and renew pneumatology for the twenty-first century. Very highly recommended."" --Paul Morrissey, president, Campion College Australia"

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Kevin Wagner is a senior lecturer in theology at the University of Notre Dame, Australia. Peter John McGregor is a lecturer in theology at the Catholic Institute of Sydney. M. Isabell Naumann is a member of the Secular Institute of the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary. She is the president of the Catholic Institute of Sydney. She is a member of the Pontifical Council for Culture and the International Theological Commission.

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