The Holy Spirit Setting the World on Fire

includes index and biblioraphy

Part 1 Experiencing the holy spirit ...1 1. The spirit and the nearness of god ....3 2. The holy spirit makes us divine .....13 3. Matter matters: saintly relics and the holy spirit ....24 4. The holy spirit in the eucharistic prayers of the Roman RIte ...33 5. The holy spirit and the pilgrimage of faith ....44 Part 2 Tracing the movement of the holy spirit ....61 6. Spirit, wind, or breath: Reflections on the old testament ...63 7. The holy spirit and the new testament in light of second Temple judaism ....73 8. Three sightings of the holy spirit in the early church ...84 9. Medieval writers: woman,men and the holy spirit ....95 10. Discerning the action of god ...106 Part 3 Embracing the holy spirit ...117 11. Oscaar romero: renewed by the spirit ....119 12. Spiritual charisms in the world church ...130 13. The catholic charismatic renewal in the hispanic parish ...141 14. The adolescent and the transforming spirit ....152 15. Empowered by the holy spirit ...162 16. The holy spirit as dynamic meaning maker ...173