Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Introductory Bibliography on Pneumatology

The following is an introductory bibliography of sorts for those wishing to delve into the realm of Pneumatology (theology of the Spirit), from both non-LDS and LDS sources:

Non-LDS Works on Pneumatology

Gordon Fee, God’s Empowering Presence: The Holy Spirit in the Letters of Paul

Idem, Paul, the Spirit, and the People of God

Anthony C. Thiselton, The Holy Spirit: In Biblical Teaching, through the Centuries, and Today

Max Turner, Power from on High: The Spirit in Israel's Restoration and Witness in Luke-Acts

William H. Shepherd, Jr. The Narrative Function of the Holy Spirit as a Character in Luke-Acts

James D.G. Dunn, Jesus and the Spirit: A Study of the Religious and Charismatic Experience of Jesus and the First Christians as Reflected in the New Testament

Idem, The Christ and the Spirit, vol. 2: Pneumatology

Luke Timothy Johnson, Religious Experience in Earliest Christianity: A Missing Dimension in New Testament Study

Gary M. Burge, The Anointed Community: The Holy Spirit in the Johannine Tradition

God's Indwelling Presence: The Holy Spirit in the Old and New Testaments, eds. James M. Hamilton Jr. and E. Ray Clendenen

Wilf Hilderbrandt, An Old Testament Theology of the Spirit of God

Craig S. Keener, The Mind of the Spirit: Paul's Approach to Transformed Thinking

John R. Levison, The Spirit in First Century Judaism


LDS works on the Spirit (and related topic of Spiritual Gifts)

Oscar W. McConkie, The Holy Ghost: A Study of the Holy Ghost, According to the Standard Works of the Church

Mary Margaret Muller, The Holy Ghost: The Third Member of the Godhead

Matthew B. Brown, Receiving Gifts of the Spirit

Duane S. Crowther, Gifts of the Spirit

Dennis B. Horne, Called of God by Prophecy: Spiritual Experience, Doctrine, and Testimony from Church Leaders Reveal how God Chooses His Servants