SUBJECT INDEX

Abba, 7, 90, 91, 104, 141

Abbott and Costello, 88, 91

Abraham (patriarch), 106

Adiwiyah, Rabe’a al-, 135

adoption (as sons), 5, 11, 90, 94

adoptionism, 46, 95, 98

African Christianity, 130–31, 135

After Auschwitz (Rubenstein), 202

anachronism, 73

analogy, doctrine of, 65–66

Analyzing Doctrine (Crisp), 56, 57

angels, 12, 115, 117

animals (nonhuman), 115–16, 117

anthropology, 25, 46, 53, 135, 140, 181, 185. See also Spirit anthropology

anthropomorphism, 40, 116

anxiety, 197, 211

Apology (Eunomius), 108

apophaticism, 61, 67, 76–77, 78, 92, 145

Apostles’ Creed, 5–6

appropriation, 27, 30, 126, 186

Arianism, 17, 45, 57

Aristotelian, 112

“artificial” education, 196, 197

ascension (of Jesus). See under Jesus Christ

aseity, 9, 10

Auschwitz, 200, 202, 203, 210

baptismal formula, 4–5, 96

Barnabas and Saul, 147

begetting, 58, 66, 94, 98, 110

begottenness, 62, 109, 110

“black box(es)” (of spirit/the Holy Spirit), 38, 40–42, 48, 50, 52, 54, 170

black Christians, xx. See chapter 11, “The Holy Spirit as Liberator” (179–95)

black theology. See chapter 11, “The Holy Spirit as Liberator” (179–95)

blaspheming the Spirit, 82

boasting (in suffering), 80–81

body

of Christ, 147, 163, 166, 174

Paul’s metaphor of the (for the church), 163, 164

Buddhism, 196

Cappadocians, 8, 74

cataphaticism, 76–77

Catholicism, 42

chaos, 3, 100, 119, 126, 139, 145, 199, 210

character (human virtue), 80, 81, 82, 83

charism/s, charismata, 45, 133, 142, 209, 210, 211

charismatic movement, 97

charismatics, 160

children of God, 90, 143

Christ. See Jesus Christ

Christ event, 24, 25, 33

Christian university, 70

Christology, xviii, xix, 1, 7, 13, 27, 31, 37, 43, 46–47, 49, 53, 97, 124–25, 127, 128, 134, 138, 140, 141, 142, 144, 148–49, 151, 155, 159, 187, 190

Christomonism, 144

church, the. See chapter 10, “We Believe in . . . the Church” (161–78)

doctrine of the, 124, 178

classical Trinitarianism/Trinitarian theology, 1, 7, 21, 28, 29, 61

“clericalism,” 45

coalition, 167, 168, 172

collective/s, 86, 167, 168–69, 170, 172, 173–75, 177

combination (social group), 167, 168

Comforter, The (Bulgakov), 100–101

commandments, 79, 82, 83

communion, 14, 31, 34, 64, 97, 102, 112, 121, 124, 130, 136, 192, 194

condiffidence,” 122

conscience, 206, 210

Constantinople, xv, 16

consubstantiality, 58, 61, 64

contemplation, 77–78, 114, 115

contrition, 86

conversion, 25, 48, 49, 78, 147

cosmos, 50, 51, 112, 126

Council of Florence, 9

Council of Nicaea, 16

created order, 85, 107, 108, 112, 113–14, 119

creation

act of, 111, 112, 119

doctrine of, 51, 52, 53, 85

ex nihilo, the implication of, 119

the Holy Spirit’s presence in. See chapter 2, “Holy Pedagogue” (105–20)

Spirit as aggregate of 50–52

Creed of Nicaea. See Nicene Creed

cross, the, 10, 25, 31, 150, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156–58, 159, 160, 177, 182, 183, 185

Crucified God, The (Moltmann), 151

crucifixion, 153, 158, 159, 194

Daniel (prophet), 132, 133

death, xx, xxi, 152, 153, 158, 159, 160, 198, 203, 207, 208, 209–11

decision-making, 167, 168, 169, 172–75

De Trinitate (Augustine), 12, 14, 101, 122–23

dictatorships, the social ontology of, 170–73

dinosaurs, 116

discernment, 81–83, 160, 177, 178

divination, 130, 133

divine aseity, 9, 10

divine essence (also, essence of God), 34, 40, 107, 108–9, 111, 143, 153

divine missions. See chapter 2, “Filioque and the Order of the Divine Missions” (21–35); also, 7, 64

divine names, xvi, 4

divine nature (or, nature of God), 12, 46, 48, 56, 57, 59, 61, 62, 64, 93, 100, 67, 123–24, 143, 145, 150, 154, 156, 160

divine presence

Basil, the Holy Spirit, and, 108–14

as communicative presence, 119–20

traces of, 113–14

divine substance, terms common to the, 110

divinity, xvi, 33, 45, 46, 47, 53, 59, 109, 125, 143, 144, 145, 151, 154, 205

doctrine

of analogy, 65–66

of Appropriation, 126

of the church, 124, 178

of creation, 51, 52, 53, 85

of eternal procession / divine processions, missions, 1, 3, 4, 7, 21

of election, 99

of God, 1, 12, 72, 79, 86, 134, 187

of the Holy Spirit, xviii, xix, 1, 3, 13, 16, 179

of inseparable operations, 44

of the Trinity, 10, 40, 98

donum fidelium (“gift to the faithful”), 14

dove, 29, 90, 143, 144, 145

Drawing Hands (Escher lithograph), 102, 103

dreams and dream interpretation, 132

Eastern church(es) (Greek), xv, 44, 96, 125

Eastern Orthodoxy, 33, 35, 42, 99

Eastern religions, 196

ecclesiology, 43, 45, 124, 162–63, 165, 168, 174–75, 178, 195

economy of salvation, 6, 13, 15, 17, 39, 43, 94, 101

ecotheology, 52

Eighth Los Angeles Theology Conference, xvi

ekkles̄ia, 163

election, 99, 136

electromagnetic field theory, 51

emanationism, 94

emergence theory, 52

emptying

and filling of the saints, 156–59

of the Son, 156–57. See self-emptying

endurance, 80, 81, 83, 208

epistemology, 70, 71, 80, 94, 109

essence (divine, human, etc.), 6, 22, 34, 40, 45, 98, 105, 107–12, 123, 143, 150, 153, 155

eternal procession(s) (within the Godhead), xvi, 3, 6, 7, 10, 12, 29, 92

Evangelicals, 78, 133

exorcisms, 134

eyes (of Revelation 5:6), 96

faithful death, xx, 209–10

Father, implications of the name, 96

Fatherhood, 94, 110

Father’s Spirit of Sonship, The (Weinandy), 26, 93–94, 97, 100

feast of Pentecost, 13

fellowship of the Holy Spirit. See chapter 8, “And the Fellowship . . .” (121–37)

Fifth Theological Oration (Nazianzus), 6–7

filioque (addition to the Nicene creed). See chapter 2, “Filioque and the Order of the Divine Missions” (21–35); also, xv–xvi, xvii, 8, 56, 61, 62, 64, 88, 99, 100, 101–2, 103, 144, 195

Flatland(er), 60, 62, 63

flesh, the, 85, 151

gender, 90, 91, 99

gentiles, 91

Germany, 199, 210

gift/Gift, 1, 5, 6, 12–15, 19, 23, 25, 39, 40, 93, 121, 127, 128, 176, 192, 211

gifts (spiritual), 6, 101, 121, 132, 133, 146, 147, 154, 160, 189

“gift of tears,” 209

Global South, 74, 132, 134, 136

glorification, 116–17

glory of God, 20, 78, 80, 113

glossolalia (also, tongues, in text), 75, 133, 145, 147, 154

God

children of, 90, 143

doctrine of, 1, 12, 72, 79, 86, 134, 187

essence of. See divine essence

glorification of, 116–17

glory of, 20, 78, 80, 113

“is Spirit” (John 4:24), 12, 36, 84, 145

knowledge of, 20, 67, 87, 106, 108, 109–10, 113, 115

love of. See God’s love

the nature of (or, divine nature), 12, 46, 48, 56, 57, 59, 61, 62, 64, 93, 100, 67, 123–24, 143, 145, 150, 154, 156, 160

wall of distinction between internal and external actions of, 9

“God-consciousness,” 49

Godhead, xv, xvi, 18, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43–44, 45, 46, 47, 51, 53, 54, 59, 94, 102, 106, 107, 108, 111, 121, 123, 124, 125, 127, 128, 129, 134, 143, 145, 146, 151, 152, 155, 192, 194

God-knowledge, xviii, 68, 69, 71, 72, 74, 76–87

God’s love (or, love of God), xviii, 32, 39, 79–85, 87, 94, 192, 194

Great Commission, 145

Great Schism, xv, 44

grieving the Spirit, 82

groaning, 90, 209. See “sighs too deep for words”

groans, 75–77, 101. See “sighs too deep for words”

group agency, xx, 171, 173–77

Group Agency (List and Pettit), 169

gun violence, 83

healing/s, 87, 117, 145, 154, 156, 157, 159, 184

hearts, God’s love poured out into our, xviii, 39, 79–82, 85, 87

Hebrew Bible, 48, 141

hell (place of eternal punishment), 135

helping, the Spirit’s work of, 75, 76, 79, 197

heresies, 63, 95, 98

Hinduism, 196

history, xv, xx, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 23, 24, 30, 32, 45, 51, 56, 62, 69, 147, 154, 163, 186, 196, 203, 204, 211

holiness, 4, 44, 86, 127, 209

Holy Spirit. See Spirit

homogeneity, 91

honeybees (and their application to the church), 162, 169, 171

hope, 76, 80, 81, 130, 157, 158, 184, 194, 198, 203, 204, 207, 208–9, 210

horns (of Revelation 5:6), 96

humanity (Christ’s), xvii, xix, 24, 26, 27, 31, 46–48, 98, 125, 155, 157, 193

human nature (of Christ), 22, 27–28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 35, 46, 47

human person, on Spirit as aggregate of the, 49–49

humans, the relational nature of the Spirit in, 130

human weakness, 79, 80

hypocrisy, 86

hypostases, 37, 39, 61, 145, 192. See also next

hypostasis, xviii, 23, 27, 46, 101, 102. See also hypostases

hypostatic union, xix, 27, 29, 31, 32, 33, 158

imago Dei, xx, 49, 182, 183

in-breaking, 49

incarnation, 25, 26, 27, 28, 33, 43, 46, 53, 99, 106, 126, 127, 128, 146, 150, 152, 155, 156, 158, 159, 160, 212

indwelling, 14, 27, 28, 29, 35, 48, 49, 53–54, 59, 134, 170, 194

inseparable operations, 44, 111, 141, 143

inspiration of the Holy Spirit, 129

Institutes (Calvin), 17, 144

intellectual modesty, 72–73

intercession, 75–76, 77, 79

intractability theory, 206

Isaiah (prophet), 132

Israel, 58, 96, 100, 126, 133, 181, 184, 186, 189, 195

Jesus Christ

ascension, 22, 159, 182

birth, 26, 98, 125, 127

conception, xvii, 26, 30, 33, 99, 127, 194

death of, 129, 153, 155, 156–57, 159, 182, 183, 208, 210, 211. See also crucifixion

event, 24, 25, 33

humanity / human nature of, xvii, xix, 22, 24, 26–28, 31–33, 35, 46–48, 98, 125, 155, 157, 193

resurrection, 94, 98, 99, 127, 152, 158, 159, 182, 192, 194, 202

sonship of, 26–27, 89, 93, 94, 99, 141, 153, 194

Spirit of, xvii, xix, 5, 23, 24, 28, 33, 35, 43, 139, 141–42, 145, 146, 159, 184

Spirit as aggregate of, 44–45

“Jesus Christ in the Non-Christian Religions” (Rahner), 24

Jews, 91, 193, 199

“job description,” parts of the Holy Spirit’s, 75, 82

John the Baptist, 26

joint attention, 176–77

Joseph (son of Jacob), 132, 133

judges, 23

kenosis, xix, 148–59

/plerosis, 155–56

problems with, 152–55

and the Spirit, 149–52

knowledge of God, 20, 67, 87, 106, 108, 109–10, 113, 115

Knowledge of God the Father and his Son Jesus Christ, The (Goodwin), 18

Latin Trinitarianism, 59

law, the sum of the, 79

Liberator, the Holy Spirit as. See chapter 11, “The Holy Spirit as Liberator” (179–95)

liturgy, 127, 177

logic, 4, 7, 13, 14, 24, 31, 40, 108, 113, 206

Logos, 34, 94, 97, 100, 125, 128

Los Angeles Theology Conference 2014, 56

Los Angeles Theology Conference 2020, xvi, 72

love commandments, 79

love of God. See God’s love

lying to the Spirit, 82

“MACRUE,” 60

martyrdom, 145, 208, 210

Mary (mother of Christ), 26, 96, 125, 127, 166

Menenius Agrippa, 164

Messiah, 84, 142, 147

Metaphor, Paul’s body, 163, 164

metaphysical pneumatology, 84

metaphysics, 56, 60, 64, 165, 166

Micah (prophet), 132

minimalism, three recent examples of Trinitarian. See chapter 4, “The Mystery of the Immanent Trinity” (55–67)

miracles, 134, 145, 147, 158

mission. See also missions

and procession, 6, 7–12

three objections to the priority of the Son’s, 23–28

two fundamental dimensions of a, 29

the ultimate benefit of Christ’s, 31

missions. See chapter 2, “Filioque and the Order of the Divine Missions” (21–35); see also mission; 7, 64

distinguishing operations from, 28–30

modalism, 58–59, 63, 65, 145

monarchy of the Father, 56, 61

Montanism, 90, 95

Moses, 106

Mother, the Holy Spirit as, 50–51, 54, 97

Mount Sinai, 91, 106

mysterianism, xviii, 56, 60–62, 64–66

names, Basil’s nationalist theory of, 109

naming (the third person of the Trinity), xvi, 1, 2–4, 13

nature (the exterior world), 117

nature of God (or, divine nature), 12, 46, 48, 56, 57, 59, 61, 62, 64, 93, 100, 67, 123–24, 143, 145, 150, 154, 156, 160

neighbor, loving one’s, 79, 83, 84, 85, 86

Nestorianism, 98

Nicene Creed, xv, xvii, xx, 4, 16, 56, 96, 101, 125, 161

Nicene fathers, 6, 16

Nicene orthodoxy, 57, 66

Nicene Trinitarianism, 56, 58, 59

noncoercion, 152

ofness, 4

omnipotence, 96, 155

omnipresence, 49, 107

omniscience, 96, 155

oneness, 58, 60, 62, 63, 64–65, 66, 91, 128, 162, 164, 165, 166, 178

On the Holy Spirit (Basil), 10–11, 86

On the Holy Spirit (Didymus), 81

Paraclete, 53, 84, 95, 100

“Paradise,” 11

pedagogue, the Holy Spirit as. See chapter 7, “Holy Pedagogue” (105–20), esp. 114–17

Pentecost, xvii, xix, 13, 22, 54, 96, 121, 129, 133, 134, 156, 158. See also post-Pentecost

Pentecostalism, 131, 190

Pentecostals, xix, 132, 133, 160, 190

Pentecostal Spirit, 28, 29, 31, 33, 34, 159

Pentecostal theologians, 122

Pentecostal theologies, charismatic and, 157

Pentecostal worship, 127

perfection, 86, 112, 113, 115, 118, 120, 133, 191, 192, 195

perichoresis, 31

persecution, imprisonment, and conflict, 145

personalization (of the Holy Spirit), 100, 102

piety, 113

Pity and Terror (Simon), 201

plerosis, xix, 156

pluralism, 24, 124, 126, 136

pneuma, 50, 84, 97

pneumatikos (or, πνευματικά), 146, 148

pneumatological naming. See naming

pneumatology

Basil’s, retrieving and extending, 114–20

black American. See chapter 11, “The Holy Spirit as Liberator” (179–95)

in black theology, 186–91

challenges of biblical, 83, 84

Christocentric, 122, 127–28

Christomorphic, 148–49, 159, 160, See in general chapter 13, “The Spirit of the Lord”), 138–80

foundation for a stable, 3

how to avoid the double challenges of, 125

of liberation, 191–95

metaphysical, 84

modern, 205, 207, 211

of procession and mission. See chapter 1, “The Spirit Who Is from God” (1–20)

Trinitarian, 84, 85, 122

polytheism, 58

Pope, 45

post-Pentecost (church, Spirit, etc.), 53, 91, 100, 103, 141, 144, 148, 149

poverty, 157, 193, 211

praise, 115–16, 117, 204, 207

prayer closet, 83

preaching, 134, 145

prepositions, xvii, 37, 38, 40

presupposition(s), 15–16, 19, 31, 41–42, 47, 77, 95, 205

procession

of the Holy Spirit. See chapter 4, “The Mystery of the Immanent Trinity” (55–67)

mission and, 6, 7–12

prophecy, 145, 147

providence, 110, 115, 119, 120, 189, 190

quenching the Spirit, 67, 82

quantum mechanics, 97

rationalism, 134

redemption, xix, 50, 120, 126, 135, 183, 187, 189, 190, 204, 212

Reformed theology, 144

regeneration, 94, 98, 99, 158, 181

relationality of the triune God in the Scriptures, 126–27

relational nature of the Spirit in humans, 130

repentance, 209

resurrection (of the human body), 126, 209, 210. For Christ’s resurrection, see under Jesus Christ

“ring of love,” 101

ruach, 50, 84, 208

Sabellianism, 63

saints, the emptying and filling of the, 156–59

salvation, xviii, xix, 6, 10, 11, 13, 15, 17, 21, 22, 24, 25, 33, 35, 39, 43, 45, 49, 91, 94, 101, 125, 126, 144, 156, 179, 188

Samson (biblical judge), 202, 203

Samson Agonistes (Milton), 203

sanctification, 85, 86, 94, 106, 111, 113, 118, 126, 136, 147, 184, 187, 188

science, 50, 52, 68, 72, 97, 138, 204, 206, 211

Scriptures, relationality of the triune God in the, 126–27

Seattle Pacific University (School of Theology), 69

Second Ecumenical Council, xv

self, the, 69, 83, 90, 188

self-emptying (of the Son), 149–54, 157

self-naming, the fundamental pattern in the Spirit’s, 4

Serapion of Thmuis, 17

seven spirits of Revelation 5:6), 96

sexuality, 90, 91

Shema, 165

Shepherd of Hermas, 127

sickness, 157

“sighs too deep for words,” 75–79, 83, 87

signs (supernatural), 130, 134, 158

sin, 33, 78, 82, 85–86, 87, 91, 121, 136, 156, 158, 174, 176, 180, 184, 189, 194, 195

sinners, 99, 136

slavery, 150, 179, 180–84, 186, 195

slave/s, 91, 111, 133, 153, 158, 179, 180–86, 191, 195

social groups, taxonomy of, 167

social ontology

of dictatorships, 170–73

and ecclesiology, contemporary, 165–70

social Trinitarians, 61, 63

sola fide, 24

Sonship (of Christ), 26–27, 89, 93, 94, 99, 141, 153, 194

sonship (of Christians), 90, 98–99

sophia, 128

space

the nature of God in time and, 123–24

the question of (God and spatial terms/categories), 106–8

spiration, 10, 61

Spirit

as aggregate of Christ, 44–45

as aggregate of creation, 50–52

as aggregate of the human person, 49–49

anthropology, 48–49, 50

black box(es) of the Holy, 38, 40–42, 48, 50, 52, 54, 170

blaspheming the, 82

of Christ, xvii, xix, 5, 23, 24, 28, 33, 35, 43, 139, 141–42, 145, 146, 159, 184

Christology, xix, 31, 46–47, 49, 125, 138, 140, 155

distinctive characteristic of the (Holy), 13

doctrine of the Holy, xviii, xix, 1, 3, 13, 16, 179

fellowship of the Holy. See chapter 8, “And the Fellowship . . .” (121–37), esp. 135–37

“God is” (John 4:24), 12, 36, 84, 145

grieving the, 82

group agency in the one, 173–77

how the Holy Spirit reveals, 52–54

inspiration of the Holy, 129

job description of the Holy, 75, 82

as liberator. See chapter 11, “The Holy Spirit as Liberator” (179–95)

lying to the, 82

as Mother, 50–51, 54, 97

new theological aesthetics of the, 131–35

in postmissionary African Christianity, 130–31

opposing the, 82

as pedagogue. See chapter 7, “Holy Pedagogue” (105–20), esp. 114–17

as perfecting guide, 118–19

personalization of the Holy, 100, 102

position in the triune axis. See chapter 6, “Who’s on Third?” (88–104)

quenching the, 67, 82

in Revelation 5:6, symbols of the Holy, 96

revelation of the Holy. See chapter 3, “On the Revelation of the Holy Spirit” (36–54)

signs of the, 139

two narratives of the, 146–48

walking and living according to the, 83–87

Where is the, 42–44

the work of the, xviii–xix, xx, 11, 17, 19, 23, 24, 27, 28, 30, 33, 34, 50, 52, 82, 84, 91, 112, 118, 124, 125, 126, 132, 133, 134, 136, 139, 140, 143–48, 153, 158, 159, 162, 164, 165, 168, 170, 171, 176, 178, 181, 182, 184, 188, 189, 191, 194, 195

the world of the, 146–48

spirit, on identifying what is, 38–42

Spirit anthropology, 48–49, 50

spirit of divination, 130, 133

spiritism, 142

spirits, the seven (of Revelation 5:6), 96

“spiritual enlightenment.” See chapter 5, “ ‘Spiritual Enlightenment’ ” (68–87)

Spirituque, xviii, 88–89, 91–100, 102–4

Standing in Judgment (Simon), 200

Stephen (of Acts), 82

Stoic, 112

subordinationism, 58, 63, 64, 65

supernaturalism, 134, 136

suffering, 31, 80–81, 83, 151, 154, 155, 156, 157, 159, 160, 183, 194, 196, 197, 201, 202, 205, 208

Sufism, 135

symphonic lines, a view of nature’s participation in the glorification of God along, 117

systematic theologians, 31, 67

systematic theology, xvi, 17, 50, 89, 134

Systematic Theology (Pannenberg), 9

Talbot School of Theology at Biola University, xvi

taxonomy of social groups, 167

teleology, 112, 118

telos, xix, 106, 112, 114, 117, 118–19, 120

terrorist cells (and their application to the church), 162, 169–70, 171

theologians, xvii, xviii, 3, 5, 8, 10, 11, 18, 25–26, 28, 31, 37–38, 43, 44, 50, 52, 53, 56, 61, 69, 70, 71, 72–73, 76, 80, 88, 94, 95, 97, 98, 122, 131, 134, 138–39, 148, 150, 188, 197, 198, 225, 205, 206

Catholic, 97, 126, 145

Orthodox, 23, 27, 97, 98, 145

systematic, 37, 61

theological language, Basil, the Holy Spirit, and, 108–14

theological method(ology), 71, 77, 78, 80, 98

theologizing, 77, 79, 87

“theologology,” 131

theology

black. See chapter 11, “The Holy Spirit as Liberator” (179–95)

Coakley’s definition of, 77–78

classical Trinitarian theology (or Trinitarianism), 1, 7, 21, 28, 29, 61

the history of, 12

the subject of, 69–70

third article, xv, xvi, xxi, 37, 56, 71

Trinitarian, xviii, xix, 1, 7, 8, 10, 40, 58, 92, 97, 108, 135. See also Trinitarianism

Theology of Auschwitz, A (Simon), 202, 210

theophanies, 106

theory of names, Basil’s nationalist, 109

third article theology, xv, xvi, xxi, 37, 56, 71

thirdness. See chapter 3, “On the Revelation of the Holy Spirit and the Problem of Thirdness” (36–54); also xvii, 16, 102

third person of the Trinity, 1, 2, 5, 12, 15, 16, 20, 36, 43, 51, 52, 54, 121–22, 131, 132, 194, 205

threeness, 58, 60, 62, 63, 64–65, 66

time and space, the nature of God in, 123–24

tongues (or, glossolalia), 75, 133, 145, 147, 154

tongues of fire, 143, 144, 145

tragedy, x, 151, 201–8, 210, 211

Trinitarianism, 8, 16, 21, 28, 29, 50, 56, 58, 59–65, 89–93, 100–103. See also next

Bulgakov’s Spirit-completing, 100–103

Coakley’s Spirit-leading, 91–93

Weinandy’s Spirit-mediating, 91–93

Trinitarian minimalism. See chapter 4, “The Mystery of the Immanent Trinity” (55–67)

Trinitarian theology, xviii, xix, 1, 7, 8, 10, 40, 58, 92, 97, 108, 135. See also Trinitarianism

Trinity

third person of the, 1, 2, 5, 12, 15, 16, 20, 36, 43, 51, 52, 54, 121–22, 131, 132, 194, 205

internal actions of the, 8–10

the mystery of the immanent. See chapter 4, “The Mystery of the Immanent Trinity” (55–67)

naming the, xvi, 1, 2–4, 13

tritheism, 63, 65

triune taxis, 88, 89, 95, 100. See in general chapter 6, “Who’s on Third?” (88–104)

triunity (of God), 57, 58, 59, 60–61, 63, 65, 66, 67

unbegottenness, 62, 108–9, 110

Unitarians, 121, 124

unity and distinction (between the Spirit and Christ), on, 142–46

universalism, 49

Upper Room Discourse, 100

Vatican II, 24

“visions,” 130

Western church (Latin), xv, 44, 45, 125, 144

Western Christians, struggles of, 86

Westerners, 84, 196

wind, 41, 143

wisdom, xix, 4, 19–20, 24, 32, 93, 96, 106, 110, 113, 114–15, 116, 117, 119, 120, 128, 150, 155, 160, 211

wisdom literature, 48

women, 91, 99, 154, 182

wonders, 130, 158

“Word of Faith” movement, 157

“word of knowledge,” 130

“world-soul,” 50

World War II, 200

xenophobia, 166

YHWH, Spirit of, 84

young people, 197