The Go-Between God
New edition
Published on 30. January 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-334-06014-7 (ISBN)
Description
John Taylor's most famous book is a reminder that the Holy Spirit urges us toward a communal humanity. Taylor's is a message especially pertinent in an age of crushing multinational capitalism and a rising tide of individual greed and fear of the Other.
Based on his Cadbury lectures delivered in 1967, The Go-Between God is now considered one of the most important works ever written on the Holy Spirit and mission. This edition contains a new foreword by Jonny Baker.
Based on his Cadbury lectures delivered in 1967, The Go-Between God is now considered one of the most important works ever written on the Holy Spirit and mission. This edition contains a new foreword by Jonny Baker.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
431 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-334-06014-7 (9780334060147)
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The Right Reverend John Vernon Taylor was an English bishop and theologian who was the Bishop of Winchester from 1974 to 1984. Taylor was one of the most gifted and widely admired churchmen of his time; in 1975 he became the first priest to be consecrated directly to the See of Winchester since the Middle Ages. Taylor also wrote several books, two of which, The Primal Vision (1963), an evaluation of the central features of African religion, and The Go-Between God (1972), an interpretation of the work of the Holy Spirit, became classics.
Content
Foreword vii
Preface xv
Introduction xvii
PART ONE * FACTS OF LIFE
1 ANNUNCIATION 3
The Intermediary Spirit and the Impulse of the Mission
2 CONCEPTION 27
The Creator Spirit and the Range of the Mission
3 GESTATION 45
The Power of the Spirit and the Violence of the Mission
4 LABOUR 69
The Spirit of Prophecy and the Historical Perspective of the Mission
5 BIRTH 90
The Spirit in Jesus and the Focus of the Mission
6 BREATH 114
The Indwelling Spirit and the Humiliation of the Mission
PART TWO * STYLE OF LIFE
7 GROWING 143
The Evangelical Spirit and the Structures of Mission
8 EXPLORING 165
The Freedom of the Spirit and the Search for a New Ethic
9 MEETING 194
The Universal Spirit and the Meeting of Faiths
10 PLAYING 215
Pentecostalism and the Supernatural Dimension in Secular Age
11 LOVING 242
Prayer in the Spirit and the Silence of Mission
Notes 266
Preface xv
Introduction xvii
PART ONE * FACTS OF LIFE
1 ANNUNCIATION 3
The Intermediary Spirit and the Impulse of the Mission
2 CONCEPTION 27
The Creator Spirit and the Range of the Mission
3 GESTATION 45
The Power of the Spirit and the Violence of the Mission
4 LABOUR 69
The Spirit of Prophecy and the Historical Perspective of the Mission
5 BIRTH 90
The Spirit in Jesus and the Focus of the Mission
6 BREATH 114
The Indwelling Spirit and the Humiliation of the Mission
PART TWO * STYLE OF LIFE
7 GROWING 143
The Evangelical Spirit and the Structures of Mission
8 EXPLORING 165
The Freedom of the Spirit and the Search for a New Ethic
9 MEETING 194
The Universal Spirit and the Meeting of Faiths
10 PLAYING 215
Pentecostalism and the Supernatural Dimension in Secular Age
11 LOVING 242
Prayer in the Spirit and the Silence of Mission
Notes 266