Prayer as Trinitarian and Transformative Event in Sarah Coakley's God, Sexuality, and the Self
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Chris E.W. Green
Leiden
Brill
This paper explores Sarah Coakley's understanding of prayer as a Trinitarian and incorporative act and the implications of that understanding for Christian orthodoxy in general and pentecostal theology and spirituality in particular. Beginning with a brief history of the incorporative vision of prayer, the paper then asks what gifts Coakley has for pentecostals and what gifts they have to offer her in return. This paper explores Sarah Coakley's understanding of prayer as a Trinitarian and incorporative act and the implications of that understanding for Christian orthodoxy in general and pentecostal theology and spirituality in particular. Beginning with a brief history of the incorporative vision of prayer, the paper then asks what gifts Coakley has for pentecostals and what gifts they have to offer her in return.