"Lord and giver of life": Toward a pneumatological complement to George Lindbeck's theory of Christian doctrine.
Published: 2004
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
Description: George Lindbeck once characterized postliberalism, a research program which receives its initial structure from The Nature of Doctrine, as an attempt "to recover premodern scriptural interpretation in contemporary form." This thesis is an exploration of the very success of that effort through close examination of Lindbeck's own theological contributions. While Lindbeck represents a recovery of significant and forgotten elements of pre-modern biblical interpretation, at times, the very formalism of the project obscures the theological underpinnings of pre-modern insights and practices. Through specific attention to Eastern Trinitarian theologies of the fourth century, this thesis seeks to expose a rather persistent lacuna within Lindbeck's recovery: namely, that alongside the regulative function of canon and doctrine, there exists within Patristic exegetical practice, a recognition of the role of the Holy Spirit in the appropriation of scripture, in the mission of the church, and in the defense of the gospel within the context of an unbelieving world. This thesis will attempt to attend to these insights from Patristic pneumatology in appreciative service to the cultural-linguistic model of religion.
Notes: Advisers: Joseph Mangina; Harold Wells.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of St. Michael's College, 2004.

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Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 65-12, Section: A, page: 4600.