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Scholars generally Agree that Luther and Calvin lack interest in the theology of the Holy Spirit’s involvement in creation. Most think that Luther focuses primarily on the Word of promise and on justification in a forensic sense, while Calvin underscores the theological subject matter in light of the sovereignty of God. However, the significance and radicality of what Luther and Calvin bring to the theology of creation is their powerful sense of the Spirit’s presence and activity in creaturely lives.
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Moltmann, God in Creation: A New Theology of Creation and the Spirit of God, trans. Margaret Kohl (San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1985), 86–88.
Werner Krusche, Das Wirken des Heiligen Geistes (Göttingen: Van-denhoeck & Ruprecht, 1957).
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An interreligious exchange and dialogue can be undertaken in light of the irregularity of a divine speech event; see Paul S. Chung, Martin Luther and Buddhism: Aesthetics of Suffering, 2nd ed. (Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2007).
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Chung, P.S. (2009). The Spiritus Creator. In: The Spirit of God Transforming Life. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230103467_2
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