This thesis is an experimental proposal to a new theological paradigm by understanding the Christian Holy Spirit from Gi philosophy. The writer intends to develop a living theology of feeling, experience, communication, and empathy rather than to follow the traditional Christian speculative theology. Also, the writer intends to develop the Spirit-oriented Trinity by focusing on its free movement and extending one’s understanding of the Spirit to the non-personal realm. For the theoretical basis, the writer will borrow the concept of ‘creativity’ by Alfred North Whitehead and the East Asian concept of Gi. Whitehead understands creativity as the principle of universal of universals transcends the actual entity, and at the same time, through the efficient cause and the final cause, is imminent in each actual entity. Creativity, as the principle of universal of universals, transcends God, but creativity in God’s immanent structure functions as the superjective nature of God which unites the primordial nature of God and the consequent nature of God and gives itself to God-self and the world. Creativity of process philosophy corresponds to Gi of East Asian philosophy. In the Li-Gi dualism, Gi is regarded as the material principle. But in the philosophy of Gi, Gi as non-being is the possibility of being or the whole of being, while Li is the principle that Gi is manifested in all beings. In this perspective, the appearance and disappearance of all beings are the manifestation and scattering of Gi. One’s understanding of the Holy Spirit, from the perspective of Gi philosophy, makes it possible to change the paradigm from God the Father oriented trinity to God the Spirit oriented trinity. It also helps one to approach reality with a non-dualistic way of thinking. Furthermore, from the perspective of the whole-part structure of Gi, one’s understanding of the Holy Spirit contributes to the development of ecumenical and ecumenic theology. Finally, Spirit-centered theology makes it possible to develop a Christian theology focused on feeling, experience, communication, and empathy rather than mere speculative theology.

• 이세형(협성대 교수ㆍ조직신학)