Abraham (patriarch), 106
Adiwiyah, Rabe’a al-, 135
adoption (as sons), 5, 11, 90, 94
African Christianity, 130–31, 135
After Auschwitz (Rubenstein), 202
anachronism, 73
analogy, doctrine of, 65–66
Analyzing Doctrine (Crisp), 56, 57
animals (nonhuman), 115–16, 117
anthropology, 25, 46, 53, 135, 140, 181, 185. See also Spirit anthropology
Apology (Eunomius), 108
apophaticism, 61, 67, 76–77, 78, 92, 145
Apostles’ Creed, 5–6
appropriation, 27, 30, 126, 186
Aristotelian, 112
“artificial” education, 196, 197
ascension (of Jesus). See under Jesus Christ
Barnabas and Saul, 147
begetting, 58, 66, 94, 98, 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
Paul’s metaphor of the (for the church), 163, 164
Buddhism, 196
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
Christ. See Jesus Christ
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)
classical Trinitarianism/Trinitarian theology, 1, 7, 21, 28, 29, 61
“clericalism,” 45
collective/s, 86, 167, 168–69, 170, 172, 173–75, 177
combination (social group), 167, 168
Comforter, The (Bulgakov), 100–101
communion, 14, 31, 34, 64, 97, 102, 112, 121, 124, 130, 136, 192, 194
“condiffidence,” 122
contemplation, 77–78, 114, 115
contrition, 86
conversion, 25, 48, 49, 78, 147
Council of Florence, 9
Council of Nicaea, 16
created order, 85, 107, 108, 112, 113–14, 119
creation
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
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
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 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 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
donum fidelium (“gift to the faithful”), 14
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
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
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
exorcisms, 134
eyes (of Revelation 5:6), 96
Father, implications of the name, 96
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
gentiles, 91
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
glossolalia (also, tongues, in text), 75, 133, 145, 147, 154
God
doctrine of, 1, 12, 72, 79, 86, 134, 187
essence of. See divine essence
glorification of, 116–17
“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
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 (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
hell (place of eternal punishment), 135
helping, the Spirit’s work of, 75, 76, 79, 197
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
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
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
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
intellectual modesty, 72–73
intractability theory, 206
Isaiah (prophet), 132
Israel, 58, 96, 100, 126, 133, 181, 184, 186, 189, 195
Jesus Christ
conception, xvii, 26, 30, 33, 99, 127, 194
death of, 129, 153, 155, 156–57, 159, 182, 183, 208, 210, 211. See also crucifixion
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
“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
/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)
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
Mary (mother of Christ), 26, 96, 125, 127, 166
Menenius Agrippa, 164
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)
mission. See also missions
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
monarchy of the Father, 56, 61
Moses, 106
Mother, the Holy Spirit as, 50–51, 54, 97
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 Trinitarianism, 56, 58, 59
noncoercion, 152
ofness, 4
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
“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
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
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
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
of procession and mission. See chapter 1, “The Spirit Who Is from God” (1–20)
polytheism, 58
Pope, 45
post-Pentecost (church, Spirit, etc.), 53, 91, 100, 103, 141, 144, 148, 149
prayer closet, 83
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)
providence, 110, 115, 119, 120, 189, 190
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
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-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
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
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
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
Spirit
as aggregate of Christ, 44–45
as aggregate of creation, 50–52
as aggregate of the human person, 49–49
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
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)
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
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
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
theological language, Basil, the Holy Spirit, and, 108–14
theological method(ology), 71, 77, 78, 80, 98
“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)
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
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
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
“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