For For readers interested in Manning's early Catholic writing on the Holy Spirit; most readers should begin with The Ragamuffin Gospel.
Should I read this?
For the general reader
2 of 5worth a look
For the researcher
2 of 5useful
Difficulty
1 of 5light
An early book (1976) on the Holy Spirit in the Christian life. Of interest chiefly to readers of his early work.
How it proceeds
Philosophic1 of 5
Scriptural3 of 5
Experiential4 of 5
Sociological1 of 5
Historical0 of 5
Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.
Prophets and Lovers: In Search of the Holy Spirit was published by Dimension Books in 1976, during Manning's years as a Franciscan priest, and reprinted by Dimension in 1985; the first printing ran to 125 pages. As its subtitle says, it is a book about the Holy Spirit and the life the Spirit gives. It is one of his early Dimension titles and is not the book most readers know him by.
