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The age of the spirit : how the ghost of an ancient controversy is shaping the church / Phyllis Tickle, with Jon M. Sweeney.

Van Pelt Library BT119 .T53 2014
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Tickle, Phyllis.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Holy Spirit--History of doctrines.
Holy Spirit.
Physical Description:
184 pages ; 23 cm
Place of Publication:
Grand Rapids : Baker Books, 2014.
Contents:
The back story
Part 1. Holy ideas in unholy conflict. Beginning at the beginning
An ancient conversation in our shifting times
The great enigma
The great enigma and our grandest heresy
Meetings of the minds
A confusion of creeds
A tintack and the mighty machine
The conversation redux
Part 2. Matters of the spirit. Credo : a most dangerous word
Breath, bread, and beards
An act of moral fratricide
Joachim of Fiore and the dawning of a new age
The agency of change
Enter the followers of the prophet Muhammad
The simmering pot
Steam rising
The front story
Appendix A: Other major heresies
Appendix B: The ecumenical councils
Appendix C: Some informing differences between Western and Eastern Christian practice
Appendix D: A few words from the Greek.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0801014808
9780801014802
OCLC:
845516201
Publisher Number:
99956958921

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