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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Two Building Blocks for a Theology of the Spirit | |
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| The Story of the Universe | |
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| The Story of the Universe | |
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| Made from Stardust | |
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| Basil on the Holy Spirit | |
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| Basil's Lived Theology of the Spirit | |
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| God as Communion | |
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| The Breath of God as the Communion-Bringer | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Story of the Spirit | |
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| Breathing Life into a Universe of Creatures | |
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| Biblical Tradition of the Breath of Life | |
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| Patristic Theology of the Creator Spirit | |
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| The Spirit as the Immanent Source of the New in an Emergent Universe | |
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| Enfolding Human Beings in Grace | |
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| Experience of the Holy Spirit | |
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| The Grace of the Spirit and Salvation through Christ | |
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| The Spirit of God and the Religious Traditions of Humankind | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Bringing About the Christ Event | |
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| Mark: Jesus as One on Whom the Spirit Descends like a Dove | |
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| Matthew: Jesus as Conceived from the Holy Spirit | |
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| Luke-Acts: Jesus as Anointed with the Holy Spirit | |
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| John: Jesus as the One on Whom the Spirit Rests | |
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| Contemporary Spirit Christologies | |
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| Jesus as the Spirit-Anointed Wisdom of God | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Poured Out on the Church | |
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| Charismatic and Prophetic Movements of the Spirit | |
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| Reciprocity of Word and Spirit | |
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| Reciprocity of Local Church and Universal Church | |
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| Reciprocity of Synodality and Ordained Ministry | |
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| The Life of the Church as One Long Invocation of the Spirit | |
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| Exploring the Theology of the Creator Spirit | |
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| The Spirit as Midwife and Companion as Creation Groans in Giving Birth | |
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| Self-Limitation in Love in the Work of Creation | |
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| The Spirit as Midwife to the Birth of the New | |
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| The Spirit as Faithful Companion Accompanying Each Creature | |
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| A Distinctive and Proper Role of the Spirit in Creation | |
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| The Immanent One Who Creates through Bringing Each Creature into Dynamic Relationship with the Divine Communion | |
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| A Proper Role for the Spirit of God in Creation | |
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| The Spirit of God as the "Unspeakable Closeness of God" | |
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| A Relational Universe Evolving within the Relational Life of God | |
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| Entities Are Constituted by Relationships | |
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| Individual Entities Have Their Own Integrity | |
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| The Universe Has an Emergent Character and Evolves in Time | |
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| A Particular Form of Panentheism | |
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| Two Particular Issues in Spirit Theology | |
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| The Procession of the Spirit | |
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| Basil and the Other Cappadocians on the Procession of the Spirit | |
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| Toward a Theology of Reciprocal Relations of Word and Spirit | |
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| Discernment of the Spirit | |
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| Discernment of the Spirit as Following Jesus | |
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| The Cognitive Dimension of Discernment | |
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| The Discernment of Interior Movements | |
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| Discernment on the Basis of the Experience of Being Drawn Wholly into God's Love | |
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| Conclusion: The Creator Spirit: Making All Things New | |
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| Notes | |
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| Indexes | |