Spirit Christology in the Christian Tradition: From the Patristic Period to the Rise of Pentecostalism in the Twentieth Century

Spirit Christology and the Christian Tradition is the most comprehensive historical theological analysis available on the theme of Spirit Christology. Spanning the Christian tradition from the Patristic Period to Pentecostalism, examining groups and individuals from the Western Church, the Eastern Church, and those on the margins, Herschel Odell Bryant’s unrivaled analysis argues for three distinct paradigms of Spirit Christology found throughout the Christian tradition. Focusing on the relationship between Spirit Christology and Pentecostalism, Dr Bryant brings clarity to the role Pentecostals have played and are playing in the development of academic engagement on this issue and the ways in which the Pentecostal tradition has and continues to relate to this topic. Praised for its comprehensiveness and strength of analysis, this volume is destined to become the authoritative work on the history and development of Spirit Christology, as well as to lay the groundwork for future engagement with this theme by Pentecostal scholars amongst others.