Open AccessTHE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE CHURCH’S SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Author(s) -
Yuzo Adhinarta
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
unio cum christo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2473-8476
pISSN - 2380-5412
DOI - 10.35285/ucc4.1.2018.art5
Subject(s) - confessional , neglect , doctrine , social responsibility , sociology , catholic social teaching , pneumatology , environmental ethics , theology , law , philosophy , political science , psychology , psychiatry , politics
This article responds to criticisms regarding pneumatology and the church’s social responsibility that are often joined and directed at Reformed tradition and theology. We will argue that, as reflected by its confessional standards, the Reformed tradition inherits a comprehensive doctrine of the Holy Spirit. Moreover, it also provides rich materials for Christian guidance and reflection on the church’s social responsibility. Therefore, if local churches neglect their social responsibility, it must not be because of the lack of the church’s teaching on its social responsibility; rather, the cause of this neglect has to be sought elsewhere.