About the Author

Simeon Zahl is Professor of Christian Theology at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Jesus College. He was previously an assistant professor of systematic theology at the University of Nottingham and a research fellow at the University of Oxford. He is the author of Pneumatology and Theology of the Cross in the Preaching of Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt (T&T Clark/Continuum, 2010).

Reviews

Zahl's argument is compelling, clear, and insightful. If nothing else, this book carves out an important place for experience in theology and refuses to accept theological accounts that skirt real pastoral issues with vague language. In this, Zahl's book should be a model for future theologians, particularly as theologians begin seeking to bridge the gap between academic and pastoral theology.
*Michael Riggins, Ad Fontes*

Zahl has written a stimulating monograph encouraging us to experience, to feel, and desire the graciousness of God "in an affective and pneumatological key."
*Christopher Holmes, The Living Church*

If Zahl's integration holds, this book will prove to be a milestone, one that can help usher Pentecostal theology into the mainstream of academic theological reflection. It is a book that deserves to be read by all Protestant theologians, including all Pentecostals.
*Steven Edward Harris, Pneuma*

Zahl has written a fresh and inventive book. Its focus upon emotion and desire settles it nicely within contemporary efforts in systematic theology to take embodiment seriously. Nevertheless, Zahl remains informed by historic claims familiar to Christian theology. Its innovation lies in its ability to say something new by saying something old ... It is a rare occasion when a book reminds one of why one loves theology (and here the choice of words is deliberate). Simeon Zahl's The Holy Spirit and Christian Experience is that kind of book.
*Fellipe do Vale, Journal of Reformed Theology*

This is a well-argued book, wide in its engagements, generous in its challenges and savvy in its constructive efforts.
*Calvin Lane, Scottish Journal of Theology*

Recommended.
*P.K. Moser, Loyola University Chicago, CHOICE*