Holy Spirit Events to Focus on Multilayered Understanding of the Spirit of God

Duquesne’s 13th annual Holy Spirit Lecture and Colloquium will explore and question a radical reimagination of Christian pneumatology, which focuses on the study of the Holy Spirit.

The Rev. Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen, professor of systematic theology at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, Calif., will present the keynote lecture Wednesday, Oct. 9, at 4 p.m. in the Power Center Ballroom. The lecture is titled Discerning the Holy Spirit in the World of Religious Pluralism(s), Secularism(s), and Science(s): A Multilayered Constructive Christian Vision of Pneumatology for the Third Millennium.

A native of Finland, he also is a docent of ecumenics at the University of Helsinki. Kärkkäinen, who did his post-doctoral work on ecumenical pneumatology, has written and edited more than 30 books, including the five-volume series Constructive Christian Theology for the Pluralistic World.

Dr. Christine M. Helmer, professor of German and religious studies at Northwestern University, will share an invited response following Kärkkäinen’s lecture. She is editor and co-editor of numerous volumes in the areas of Schleieirmacher studies, biblical theology, philosophical theology and Luther studies.

A reception will follow both presentations.

The accompanying Holy Spirit Colloquium and panel discussion, which features speakers from around the world as well as Duquesne’s faculty and graduate students, will be held Thursday, Oct. 10, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in Room 613 of the Union.

Faculty, staff and students are invited to attend all events. For more information and to register, visit www.duq.edu/holyspirit.