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Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-176)

Part1: Careator spirit- soul of the world 1- Come, creator spirit! 2- God's Spirit: the basic principle of creation 3. God's spirit: Fertility as the original blessing 4. The Spirit of god as inexhaustible power 5. Sin as the history of violence 6. Jesus of Nazareth: God's spirit in person 7. Alpha and omega Part 2: Creator spirit - soul of soul 8. Soul of my soul 9. Global threats and psychic numbing 10. Cynicism:: the desperation of the powerful 11. Fundamentalism: the desperation of the powerless 12. Violentism: Turning the world back to Chaos 13. In search of a spiritual paradigm 14. The power of truth 15. The power of solidarity 16. The power of endurance 17. Truth, solidarity and endurance as a paradigigm of pastoral Theology Part 3: Creator spirit - soul of Christian communtities 18. Ecodomy- Building rge house of life 19. The spirit of truth at work in the ecodomical Covenaant 20. The reality of solidarity in the ecodomical covenant 21. The ecodomical covenant and the power of endurance 22. Imagining the peace of creation: suggestions for an ecodomical agenda 23. Celebrations of Peace

Eschewing the false antithesis between serious theology and popular deity, God's Spirit: Transforming a World in Crisis brilliantly combines serious theology with reflections on spirituality, worship, and socially effective Christian action. The book is nothing less than a major treatment of the doctrine of the Holy Spirit.