Abstract

There has been a great neglect in theology of the role of the Holy Spirit within the development of the person. In the first chapter of this dissertation, value will be defined and its normative and the meta-normative aspects delineated. There is also a discussion on the discernment of the Spirit's activity in the world, and some basic assumptions of Orthodox Christianity in regard to value and virtue. ;In the previous five years from this dissertation, there have been three prominent theologians who have written pneumatologies each representing a different pneumatological school. The first, Thomas C. Oden, represents the traditionalist school, which sees church tradition as important in theological methodology. The second, Jurgen Moltmann, represents the social/ethical school, which sees the church and the church's work in terms of praxis. The third, J. Rodman Williams, represents the Charismatic/Pentecostal school, which perceives the Spirit's work to be immediate within the lives of believers as exhibited by worship, and the gifts of the Spirit. Chapters two through four will be a discussion of each of these men, respectively. Each chapter discusses the theologian's locus of authority, and the role of the Holy Spirit in personal formation by the avenues of the self, the community and the Bible. ;The final chapter discusses the salient points of Oden, Moltmann, and Williams, and seeks to use their insights with additional insights from other sources to propose a pattern for the formation of value within the person by the Spirit. This chapter is an attempt to outline a paradigm for analyzing the mechanics of value formation by the Holy Spirit