Recognizing the Spirit: An Ecclesial Pneumatology

This book considers the problem of how to negotiate diversities in identity and practice within the unity of ecclesial relationship. As it has arisen in ecumenical and intra-church contexts, this problem often presents itself as a problem of "recognition." This project gives theological grounding to the concept of ecclesial recognition by supplementing it with insights from Continental philosophy (particularly Hegelian intersubjective recognition), literary theory (particularly the poetic concept of anagn