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All Things Considered: Pentecost and the Holy Spirit

Pentecost and the Holy Spirit

04/06/2017

BBC Radio Wales - All Things Considered, Pentecost and the Holy Spirit

Roy Jenkins explores modern understanding of the Holy Spirit in the week of Pentecost.

Roy Jenkins explores contemporary understanding of the Holy Spirit during the week in which Pentecost is celebrated.

The feast of Pentecost, which is celebrated this week, is seen by Christians of many traditions as the birthday of the church and the start of its mission to the world. It focusses on the descent of the Holy Spirit on the first followers of Jesus in an event of intense drama.

But what does it all mean today? Who or what is the Holy Spirit? Increasing numbers of people claim ecstatic experiences as a result of encounters with that Spirit; but to what extent do they differ from the kinds of ecstasy offered by a high octane pop concert, a sublime choral work, or some illegal substance? 

Joining Roy to discuss the topic are: 
Jules Evans, philosopher and author of The Art of Losing Control, published this month, and Policy Director for the History of the Emotions at Queen Mary University of London; Chris Cartwright, General Superintendent of the Elim Pentecostal Church in Britain and Ireland; Rev Dr Rosa Hunt, minister of Salem Baptist Church, Llantwit Fardre; and Canon Matthew Jones, Catholic parish priest of the Llanishen area of Cardiff.

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