"I'm delighted to find this book succeeds just where so many fall short. Here is an integration of biblical-doctrinal wisdom with artistic insight which gives the arts room to be themselves without making them the touchstone of theological truth. A remarkable achievement, paving the way for a host of similar studies."

Jeremy Begbie, Thomas A. Langford Distinguished Research Professor of Theology at Duke Divinity School and coeditor of The Art of New Creation

"This book is a rich, confident, and generous exemplification of how the discipline of theology and the arts is coming of age. Both expansive and closely attentive in its vision, it proves the value of drawing deeply on the doctrine of the Holy Spirit to frame an enlivening discourse about the life-giving power of art."

Ben Quash, director of the Centre for Arts and the Sacred at King's (ASK) and professor of Christianity and the arts at King's College London

"There are books about the Spirit. And then there are books animated by the Spirit. In Naming the Spirit, W. David O. Taylor and Daniel Train have brought together a collection of authors and artists who are not simply talking about the third person of the Trinity but are creating theological works that are drenched in the presence and activity of the rûaḥ ʾĕlōhîm—the life-giving breath of God. I cannot recommend it highly enough."

Kutter Callaway, associate dean of the Center for Advanced Theological Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary and author of Scoring Transcendence

"This adventurous volume evidences that theology and the arts is no longer an emerging field, but an established one—a field that sets the pace for theology as a whole."

Matthew J. Milliner, professor of art history at Wheaton College