Simeon Zahl is Professor of Christian Theology at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Jesus College. He was previously an assistant professor of systematic theology at the University of Nottingham and a research fellow at the University of Oxford. He is the author of Pneumatology and Theology of the Cross in the Preaching of Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt (T&T Clark/Continuum, 2010).
Zahl's argument is compelling, clear, and insightful. If nothing
else, this book carves out an important place for experience in
theology and refuses to accept theological accounts that skirt real
pastoral issues with vague language. In this, Zahl's book should be
a model for future theologians, particularly as theologians begin
seeking to bridge the gap between academic and pastoral
theology.
*Michael Riggins, Ad Fontes*
Zahl has written a stimulating monograph encouraging us to
experience, to feel, and desire the graciousness of God "in an
affective and pneumatological key."
*Christopher Holmes, The Living Church*
If Zahl's integration holds, this book will prove to be a
milestone, one that can help usher Pentecostal theology into the
mainstream of academic theological reflection. It is a book that
deserves to be read by all Protestant theologians, including all
Pentecostals.
*Steven Edward Harris, Pneuma*
Zahl has written a fresh and inventive book. Its focus upon emotion
and desire settles it nicely within contemporary efforts in
systematic theology to take embodiment seriously. Nevertheless,
Zahl remains informed by historic claims familiar to Christian
theology. Its innovation lies in its ability to say something new
by saying something old ... It is a rare occasion when a book
reminds one of why one loves theology (and here the choice of words
is deliberate). Simeon Zahl's The Holy Spirit and Christian
Experience is that kind of book.
*Fellipe do Vale, Journal of Reformed Theology*
This is a well-argued book, wide in its engagements, generous in
its challenges and savvy in its constructive efforts.
*Calvin Lane, Scottish Journal of Theology*
Recommended.
*P.K. Moser, Loyola University Chicago, CHOICE*
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