UnityandtheHolySpiritinvestigatestheworkoftheHolySpiritintheworld(asdistinctfromthechurch).JohnE.HareproposesthattheSpiritaimsatunityoffourdifferentkinds:unitybetweenusandthematerialworld,unitywithinus,unitybetweenusandothers,andunitybetweenusandGod.Thebookproceedsbydiscussingoneexampleofeachofthesekindsofunity.Theexampleofthefirstisourexperienceofthebeautifulandthesublime,examiningKant’saccountoftheseexperienceswithtwopiecesbyBeethovenusedasillustrations.Theexampleofthesecondisgendertransition,takingasacasealifeassignedfemaleatbirth.Patriotismprovidesthethirdexample,andthediscussionexaminestherelationofalimitedpatriotismtotheidealofcosmopolitanism.Thefourthexampleiscontemplation;thediscussionlooksatdifferentconceptionsofthispractice,startingwithAristotle.Thefinalchaptercollectstogethertheseexamples,andaskswhatunityisinitself,startingagainwithAristotle.Ineachcase,emphasisisplacedonwhatiscontributedtoourunderstandingbyinvokingtheworkoftheHolySpirit.ThebookendsbyaskingwhytheSpiritaimsatunity,andtheansweristhattheSpiritloves.ThisbookcompletesatrilogyofworksonethicaltheoryandthedoctrineoftheTrinity,followingTheMoralGap(OUP,1996),abouttheworkoftheSecondPerson,andGod’sCommand(OUP,2015),abouttheworkoftheFirst.
