What, if anything, does the great feast of Pentecost say to the Church today?
Category: Pneumatology
M.I.A., Refugees, & the Church–“What’s up with that?”
After analyzing M.I.A’s latest song and music video, this blog entry raises questions about what it means to be church in the midst of the refugee crisis and argues that when refugees drown, we the Church drown too
Holy Sense of the Faithful, Theologians!
My first graduate course in theology sucker-punched me. The subject was ecclesiology, and studying the church while thinking for the first time about the Holy Spirit’s work blew me away. One idea in particular caught my attention: the […]
Speaking the Language of God
For me, “speaking in tongues” has always been the most fascinating part of the Pentecost story in Acts 2. In “possessing” the Apostles and speaking through them, the Holy Spirit becomes extraordinarily visible. Even this […]
Oh the Movements of the Holy Spirit!
Karl Rahner once wrote, “Christians, for all their orthodox profession of faith in the Trinity, are almost just ‘monotheist’ in their actual religious experience. One might almost dare to affirm that if the doctrine of […]
Led by the Spirit
Today’s readings, two days after Pentecost, feature Jesus giving his disciples a mission. He tells them “You are the salt of the earth” and “You are the light of the world.” They are tasked with […]
Introducing Shark Week VI: Visions of the Holy Spirit
In academic theological circles, the phrase “theology of the Holy Spirit” is not often spoken; instead, the extremely fancy word pneumatology takes its place. Pneumatology comes from two Greek words, as so many things in academia do. […]
Putting the “Hallow” in Halloween: Paranormal Fascination and the Sacramental Imagination
By Katharine Mahon I saw this gem of a meme on Facebook the other day; it says, “End the War on Halloween! Put the “Hallow” back in HALLOWEEN!!!” This meme’s creator is riffing off of […]
The Pope of Surprises
Early this morning I received a few text messages before 7:15am. Generally, this should be a bad thing. Who died? What did I forget to do? When I saw they came from my theologian friends, […]
A Prayer for the Church on the Eve of the Council’s Anniversary
“Lord, but all together, fatherhood and brotherhood and God’s grace, give honor to the impressions of this night, which are always our feelings, which now we express before heaven and earth: faith, hope, love, love […]
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