How Does Modernity View Death | Ephraim Radner

Lecture Title: Spirit of Life and Death: Modern Pneumatology and the Struggle against Mortality “Pneumatology,” as a distinct area of theological study about the Holy Spirit, does not come into being until the later twentieth century. Before that “pneumatology” referred to a general study of “spirit,” which might or might not include God’s Holy Spirit. The rise of pneumatology was in part motivated by modern moral concerns about the character of the created world, especially physical suffering. Radner traces some of this development and consider how modern pneumatology has obscured central Christian claims about mortality and about the divine grace of embodied human limitations. Ephraim Radner (PhD Yale University) is Professor Emeritus of Historical Theology at Wycliffe College and priest in the Episcopal Church. He is author of numerous books, including The End of the Church: A Pneumatology of Christian Division in the West (Eerdmans, 1998), A Time to Keep: Theology, Mortality, and the Shape of a Human LIfe (Baylor University Press, 2017), and A Profound Ignorance: Modern Pneumatology and Its Anti-modern Redemption (Baylor University Press, 2019). The Henry Center for Theological Understanding provides theological resources that help bridge the gap between the academy and the church. It houses a cluster of initiatives, each of which is aimed at applying practical Christian wisdom to important kingdom issues—for the good of the church, for the soul of the theological academy, for the sake of the world, and ultimately for the glory of God. The HCTU seeks to ground each of these initiatives in Scripture, and it pursues these goals collaboratively, in order to train a new generation of wise interpreters of the Word—lay persons and scholars alike—for the sake of tomorrow’s church, academy, and world. Visit the HCTU website: https://henrycenter.tiu.edu/ Subscribe to the HCTU Newsletter: https://bit.ly/326pRL5 Connect with us! https://twitter.com/henry_center https://www.facebook.com/henrycenter/ https://www.instagram.com/thehenrycenter/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/thehenrycenter

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