"Like most Christians, I live in a state of denial about the Trinity. Since I cannot explain it, I do not think about it very much. After reading this book, I cannot stop thinking about it. If you want to know more about what is happening to Christian faith and why--and if you are also willing to discover what it means to love God with your whole mind--this is the book for you."--__Barbara Brown Taylor__, author of Learning to Walk in the Dark  
   
"If we were all students, and Phyllis Tickle and Jon Sweeney were our history teachers, we'd all be passionate about understanding our past. If they were our theology teachers, we'd all be fascinated to more deeply contemplate the Trinity in the present. And if they were our spiritual directors, we'd be turning our hearts, day by day, to being more guided and empowered by the Spirit to move joyfully into the future. Here is a book that instructs and delights, so this bright possibility can become a reality."--__Brian D. McLaren__, author/speaker/activist (brianmclaren.net)  
  
 "Attentiveness to the Holy Spirit, which this book has in spades, will surely be a hallmark of the next epoch of Christianity. Herein, the ancient and the postmodern walk down the aisle, wedded once and for all."--__Tony Jones__, theologian-in-residence at Solomon's Porch and editor of Phyllis Tickle: Evangelist of the Future (tonyj.net)  
  
"Take and read. You will understand why God the Spirit is again brooding over the face of the muddy waters of a church that has forgotten where it came from, where it is going, and to Whom it belongs."--__Rev. Dr. Robin R. Meyers__, Distinguished Professor of Social Justice at Oklahoma City University; author of The Underground Church: Reclaiming the Subversive Way of Jesus  
  
"This book is simultaneously rich in scholarship and personally accessible as it explores the nature of spirit with an eye to the enormous challenges of our time. I found it both thought-provoking and moving."--__T. M. Luhrmann__, author of When God Talks Back

__Phyllis Tickle__ (1934-2015) was founding editor of the Religion Department of Publishers Weekly. One of the most respected authorities and popular speakers on religion in America today, she was the author of more than two dozen books, including The Great Emergence and Emergence Christianity.

"Reading this pair of veteran authors is like being invited as a freshman into the office of an admired professor and then being brought up to speed like a colleague."--Publishers Weekly   
A thousand years ago, Christianity experienced a time of tremendous upheaval called the Great Schism. One faith became two churches, East and West, and the course of world history was forever changed. It all swirled around one Latin word in the Nicene Creed, filioque, that indicated the Holy Spirit proceeded both from God the Father "and from the Son." From the time that phrase was officially instituted in the West, the Holy Spirit's place in the Trinity and role in the lives of believers would be fiercely debated, with ramifications being felt through the centuries to this very day.  
  
In this book you will encounter not just the fascinating historical realities that have shaped our faith today but also the present resurgence of interest in the Holy Spirit seen in many churches across the theological spectrum. Tickle and Sweeney are apt and engaging teachers, making accessible and relevant the forces behind the current upheaval in the church, then leading you confidently into the Age of the Spirit.

__Phyllis Tickle__ (1934-2015) was founding editor of the Religion Department of Publishers Weekly. One of the most respected authorities and popular speakers on religion in America today, she was the author of more than two dozen books, including The Great Emergence and Emergence Christianity.  
  
__Jon M. Sweeney__ is an independent scholar and the author of twenty books, including the remarkably timely The Pope Who Quit. He is known for his ability to take complicated religious history and make it accessible and fascinating to non-specialists. He is the editor-in-chief and publisher of Paraclete Press and lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with his family.

A thousand years ago, the church experienced a time of tremendous upheaval called the Great Schism. The one faith became two churches, East and West, and the course of world history was forever changed. And it all swirled around one Latin word in the Nicene Creed, filioque, that indicated the Holy Spirit proceeded both from God the Father "and from the Son." From the time that phrase was officially instituted onward, the Holy Spirit's place in the Trinity and role in the lives of believers would be fiercely debated, with ramifications being felt through the centuries to this very day.  
  
In this fascinating book, readers will encounter not just the interesting historical realities that have shaped our faith today but also the present resurgence of interest in the Holy Spirit seen in many churches across the theological spectrum. Tickle and Sweeney make accessible and relevant the forces behind the current upheaval in the church, taking readers by the hand and leading them confidently into the Age of the Spirit.

Bestselling author and widely respected authority on religion shows how an ancient controversy sheds light on the role of the Holy Spirit in the future of Christianity.

Tickle, Phyllis ;Sweeney, Jon M.

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Title Page

Copyright Page

Endorsements

The Back Story

Part 1: Holy Ideas in UNHOLY CONFLICT

1. Beginning at the Beginning

2. An Ancient Conversation in Our Shifting Times

3. The Great Enigma

4. The Great Enigma and Our Grandest Heresy

5. Meetings of the Minds

6. A Confusion of Creeds

7. A Tintack and the Mighty Machine

8. The Conversation Redux

Prayer Offered before the Opening of Each Session of the Second Vatican Council, 1962–65

Part 2: Matters of the SPIRIT

9. Credo

10. Breath, Bread, and Beards

11. An Act of Moral Fratricide

12. Joachim of Fiore and the Dawning of a New Age

13. The Agency of Change

14. Enter the Followers of the Prophet Muhammad

15. The Simmering Pot

16. Steam Rising

The Front Story

Appendix A: Other Major Heresies

Appendix B: The Ecumenical Councils

Appendix C: Some Informing Differences between Western and Eastern Christian Practice

Appendix D: A Few Words from the Greek

Index

About the Authors

Back Ads

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A thousand years ago, the church experienced a time of tremendous upheaval called the Great Schism. The one faith became two churches, East and West, and the course of world history was forever changed. And it all swirled around one Latin word in the Nicene Creed,filioque, that indicated the Holy Spirit proceeded both from God the Father"and from the Son." From the time that phrase was officially instituted onward, the Holy Spirit's place in the Trinity and role in the lives of believers would be fiercely debated, with ramifications being felt through the centuries to this very day.  
  
In this fascinating book, readers will encounter not just the interesting historical realities that have shaped our faith today but also the present resurgence of interest in the Holy Spirit seen in many churches across the theological spectrum. Tickle and Sweeney make accessible and relevant the forces behind the current upheaval in the church, taking readers by the hand and leading them confidently into the Age of the Spirit.

Phyllis Tickle unpacks the history of the Church's response to the Holy Spirit and its current resurgence

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