The Spirit and the Common Good

Frank D. Macchia – Vanguard University “Augustine’s deeply provocative vision of the common good is not a secular theology but rather a theology of the sacred that illuminates the secular by the glow of God’s love for the other. Eucharistic communion offers us a vision of a world healed of the wounds of economic, political, and ecological injustice. Every page is rich with insight.”

Daniel Castelo – Seattle Pacific University and Seminary “In this creative, piercing, and wide-reaching work, Augustine argues that life in the Spirit is a life committed to the common good. That this claim is difficult to imagine for many who are committed to the Spirit’s work of transformation shows how perilously truncated much pneumatological reflection is today. This book is sure to become a landmark in such areas as pneumatology, theological anthropology, and political theology for its constructive energy and penetrating insights.”

Daniela C. Augustine is reader in world Christianity at the University of Birmingham (UK) and associate professor of theological ethics, School of Religion, Lee University (USA). She serves as associate editor of the Journal of Pentecostal Theology and co-editor of T&T Clark’s Systematic Pentecostal and Charismatic Theology Series.