Open Conference Systems, Theology International Conference 2023

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Contextual Pneumatology: Pneumatology in the Challenges of Post-Truth and Digital Media
Hastuti Anak Ampun, Aditya Relliantoko, Dominikus Setio Haryadi, Hari Gunawan Wibisono, Simplisius Yopi Sabatudung, Tamar Tamar, Heru Prakosa, SJ

Last modified: 2023-06-27

Abstract


The subject of the study is Contextual Pneumatology, as a critical and systematic reflection on the Holy Spirit for the present context. By starting from the biblical foundation of the Old Testament (Genesis 1: 2), we realize that the Holy Spirit is an inseparable part of God's creation process. There is a belief that God's ongoing creation process has never been separated from the role of the Holy Spirit. Also, based on the biblical foundation of the New Testament (Acts 2: 1-12), we know that the Spirit of God empowered the disciples so that those from 'every nation under heaven' could hear, be reached and feel 'the great works done by God'. Still in the New Testament foundation (John 3: 8), it says that the Spirit of God continues to work to recreate and renew the world, in a process that is not always identifiable, like the wind that 'blows where it pleases'. The Spirit has made God's saving work known to all corners of the world and felt by many.

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