Name: The Left Hand of God: A Biography of the Holy Spirit
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Author: Adolf Holl

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The Left Hand of God: A Biography of the Holy Spirit

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Physical Book

Publisher

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Author

Adolf Holl

Year

1999

Language

English

Pages

368

Format

Paperback

Weight

0.75

ISBN13

9780385492850

Synopsis "The Left Hand of God: A Biography of the Holy Spirit "

Adolf Holl's divine biography examines the life of the Holy Spirit in the context of the history of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. Interweaving scholarship with religion, myth, and culture, Holl expertly traces the influence of the Holy Spirit on men and women from all walks of life, over the course of centuries. The result is quite unlike anything written before.The Holy Spirit inspired a few Galilean fishermen to find the courage to preach a new world religion. The Jews recognized it as the breath of God. Mohammed was inspired by it in the dictation of the Koran. Yet this same spirit has moved individuals to rebel against convention, authority, and even sanity. Through Holl's freewheeling yet always crystal-clear discourse, we see how the Holy Spirit informs an incredible array of beliefs (including those underlying the rituals of Appalachian snake handlers) and ideas (the works of Freud and James Joyce are among the many discussed).When the book was published in Germany, Der Spiegel wrote, "Holl has presented a formidable history, linking together the most distant things in a surprising way and leaving the whole as a paradox. He leaves it to the reader to judge the encounter with the Holy Spirit as a manifestation of the divine in the human being--or as a case for the psychiatrist."Whatever the reader's conclusion may be, The Left Hand of God is sure to be hailed as a major religious publishing event.

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