Pneumatology and Theology of the Cross in the Preaching of Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt The Holy Spirit Between Wittenberg and Azusa Street

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ISBN: 9780567645913 | 0567645916
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Copyright: 11/25/2010

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A study on the pneumatology of the German theologian Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt.

Foreword	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Christoph Blumhardt and the Contemporary Pneumatological Impasse	p. 1
Introducing Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt	p. 10
Blumhardt in Context	p. 13
Methodological Considerations	p. 23
The Shape of the Study	p. 29
"Die, So That Jesus May Live!": Christoph Blumhardt's Turn to Theology of the Cross, 1888-96	p. 31
Preliminary Remarks I: Blumhardt's Critique of Academic Theology	p. 34
Preliminary Remarks II: Preaching as Theological Genre	p. 35
Christoph Blumhardt's Theological Development to 1888	p. 37
The "Sterbet" Wende, 1888	p. 39
The Content of the "Sterbet" Theology	p. 40
Conclusion: "Dying," Theology of the Cross, and Empirical-Inductive Reasoning	p. 57
Gedanken aus dem Reiche Gottes: Eschatology in Blumhardt's Theology, 1888-96	p. 61
Blumhardt's Eschatological Framework	p. 62
The Problem of Agency in Blumhardt's Thought	p. 76
Underrealized Eschatology	p. 82
Schwärmerei? The Category of "Experience" in Blumhardt's Theology, 1888-96	p. 85
Preliminary Observations	p. 87
Punctiliar "Experience" of God in Pietist Traditions	p. 88
Blumhardtian "Erlebnis" According to the Typology	p. 93
Was Christoph Blumhardt a "Schwärmer"?	p. 104
Conclusion: Experience and the "Disappearance of Reality"	p. 107
Blumhardt's Life and Thought, 1897-1919	p. 111
Biographical Overview I: The Turn to Politics, 1897-1906	p. 113
Theology to 1903	p. 117
Biographical Overview II: Withdrawal from Politics and the Quiet Years, 1906-19	p. 128
Theology from 1903-14	p. 130
The First World War: Lonely Prophet in a Sea of "Enthusiasm"	p. 137
Blumhardt's Pneumatology: Contributions and Critical Reflection	p. 143
An Overview of Blumhardt's Pneumatology	p. 144
Interpreting the Theology of Christoph Blumhardt: Contribution and Reflection	p. 152
Critical Reflections on Blumhardt's Thought	p. 155
Blumhardt's Pneumatology in Dialogue: Contemporary Pentecostal Theology and Martin Luther	p. 158
Blumhardt and Pentecostal Theology	p. 159
Blumhardt and the Pneumatology of Martin Luther	p. 170
Beyond the Impasse: "Negative" Experience of the Holy Spirit in the Christian Life	p. 184
The Shape of "Negative" Experience	p. 187
The Limits of the Principle	p. 188
Advantages	p. 190
Implications for Preaching, Pastoral Care, and Scripture	p. 191
Conclusion	p. 194
Bibliography	p. 195
Index	p. 203
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Pneumatology and Theology of the Cross in the Preaching of Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt The Holy Spirit Between Wittenberg and Azusa Street

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