Name: Stephen T.

Adair
Student ID Number: 2060329784
Email Address: adair.steve@gmail.com
Course Name: The Doctrine of the Holy Spirit
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 Kärkkäinen, V. M., “Pneumatology: The Holy Spirit in Ecumenical, International
and Contextual Perspective”, Baker Academic, 2002.

The book opens with an overview of recent developments in pneumatology as a

theological discipline. Kärkkäinen then explores the Biblical perspectives on the Holy Spirit,

including Biblical depictions of the Holy Spirit (as life-breath, wind, fire, water, cloud, dove

and paraclete), and reviews of references to the Holy Spirit in the Old and New Testaments as

well as the intertestamental period.

Chapter three provides a brief survey of the historical development of pneumatological

thought, covering Montanism, the Eastern Church Fathers, Augustine, medieval mystics

(Hildegard of Bingen, Bernard of Clairvaux, Bonaventure, Catherine of Siena), the

Anabaptists, Hegel, Liberalism and Barth. Kärkkäinen then explores ecclesiastical

perspectives on the Holy Spirit, summarising the approaches of Eastern Orthodox, Roman

Catholic (Vatican II), Lutheran, Pentecostal and Charismatic, and Ecumenical

pneumatologies.

In chapter five Kärkkäinen reviews the pneumatologies of leading contemporary

theologians (John Zizioulas, Karl Rahner, Wolfhart Pannenberg, Jürgen Moltmann, Michael

Welker, Clark Pinnock). Kärkkäinen then closes the book with a review of “Contextual

Pneumatologies” such as Process, Liberation, Ecological, Feminist, and African

pneumatologies and a short epilogue.

Kärkkäinen’s intention is not to define a detailed pneumatology, but rather to provide a

reflective summary of contemporary thought regarding the Holy Spirit, and as such, the book

serves as a useful introduction to the diversity within the subject. One significant omission is

the absence of discussion of the pneumatology of Reformed Theology. A limitation of the

book is the absence of any critical evaluation of the various pneumatologies described, many

of which appear to conflict with one another.

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 Trinity Evaluation Sheet
Student Name: Steve Adair ID#: 2060329784
Faculty Name: Dr Benjamin Cocar Faculty Email: bcocar@trinitysem.edu
Faculty Due Date: 1/12/2014
Program of Study: Master of Arts - Major in Biblical Studies
Course Number: TH 573 IS R3 03
Course Name: Doctrine of the Holy Spirit
Assignment: Asgnmt One: Partic Req B3-Karkkainen, Veli-Matti. Pneumatology: The Holy Spirit in
Ecumenical, International, and Contextual Perspective. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2002.
NOTE TO FACULTY: Email graded lessons to grades@trinitysem.edu
Points TRINITY COURSE POINTS GRADE VALUE
TOTAL A 94-100 B+ 87-89 C+ 77-79 D+ 67-69 F 0-59
POINTS 100 A- 90-93 B 84-86
B- 80-83
C 74-76
C- 70-73
D 64-66
D- 60-63

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Earned / Possible

CONTENT – Selection and Utilization of Resources

(Remember; Understand; Apply) 40 40

Very good understanding of the textbook.

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REASONING – Analysis and Development of Concepts

(Analyze; Evaluate; Create) 40 40

Very good overview of the book.

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