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Have We Traded the Holy Spirit for Ideology?

by Gayle E. Woloschak

The Orthodoxy of my youth no longer exists in the United States (or perhaps in the world) today. The young, immigrant-heavy American Church had grown up into an openness to change, liturgical reform, improved conciliar approaches to Church governance, and a dynamic parish interaction.

Gayle E. Woloschak

Dr. Gayle E. Woloschak is professor of radiation oncology, radiology, and cell and molecular biology at Northwestern University. She is also associate director of the Zygon Center for Religion and Science as well as an adjunct professor at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, and St Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary.

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