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Reader in World Christianity,
University of Birmingham
Professor of Theological Ethics,
Director of Graduate Studies,
Lee University
Daniela Augustine is Reader in World Christianity at the University of Birmingham and director of graduate studies in the School of Theology and Ministry at Lee University. She holds a DTh in theological ethics from the University of South Africa and an MDiv from Church of God Theological Seminary.
Dr Daniela’s research is in the areas of theological ethics, public theology, ecclesiology, pneumatology and liturgical theology. She has contributed to various ecumenical initiatives and presently serves as co-chair of the Orthodox-Pentecostal Academic Dialogue..
Dr Daniela is the author of many publications, including Pentecost, Hospitality, and Transfiguration: Toward aa Spirit-Inspired Vision of Social Transformation (2012) and The Spirit and the Common Good: Shared Flourishing in the Image of God (2019), which received the 2020 Pneuma Book of the Year Award. Additionally, she is an associate editor of the Journal of Pentecostal Theology and co-editor of the T&T Clark Systematic Pentecostal and Charismatic Theology Series.
This presentation discusses the event of Pentecost as the future of humanity and the rest of creation. It upholds a vision of Pentecost’s cosmic reach, stretching from the very act of creation to the eschaton. The presentation asserts that everything in creation—every speck of dust, every particle of matter, including the human body in all its intricate complexity—is created to be joined to the Spirit; in other words, created for Pentecost. In light of this assertion, the presentation will spotlight human ontology, affirming that from the beginning, humanity is created as a charismatic creature in the image and for the likeness of its prototype and telos—Christ, the Spirit-bearer. In continuity with this understanding, the presentation will proceed with a reflection on the Church, the Spirit-bearing communal body of Christ, as an ongoing Pentecost. As such, the Church embodies the eschatological destiny of all creation in which Christ is “all in all.” This is an eschatological glimpse of the Church circumscribing the cosmos as one grand, charismatic, ecclesial macro-anthropos, covering the earth with the worship of God.
Many separate the atonement from Pentecost to the degree that the link between them is lost. I wish to explore that link. The link is based on the insight that the cross of Christ is not limited to Israel. Rather, Christ seeks at the cross to open his life to all peoples, redeeming persons “from every tribe, and language, and people, and nation” (Rev. 5:9) and breaking down the wall of hostility between them (Eph. 2:14-16). The Spirit is poured out on all peoples at Pentecost in loyalty to the cross and for the sake of the crucified and risen Christ.
Many separate the atonement from Pentecost to the degree that the link between them is lost. I wish to explore that link. The link is based on the insight that the cross of Christ is not limited to Israel. Rather, Christ seeks at the cross to open his life to all peoples, redeeming persons “from every tribe, and language, and people, and nation” (Rev. 5:9) and breaking down the wall of hostility between them (Eph. 2:14-16). The Spirit is poured out on all peoples at Pentecost in loyalty to the cross and for the sake of the crucified and risen Christ.
Many separate the atonement from Pentecost to the degree that the link between them is lost. I wish to explore that link. The link is based on the insight that the cross of Christ is not limited to Israel. Rather, Christ seeks at the cross to open his life to all peoples, redeeming persons “from every tribe, and language, and people, and nation” (Rev. 5:9) and breaking down the wall of hostility between them (Eph. 2:14-16). The Spirit is poured out on all peoples at Pentecost in loyalty to the cross and for the sake of the crucified and risen Christ.
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