Trinity Theology and the Gift Economy of Forming a Spiritual Authority

Inspired by French scholar Marie-Jose Mondzain, this paper deals with the Holy Spirit and how the gift of the Spirit can provide for a different authority and economy. Xia also deals with the concept of icons (in a wide sense) and the Chinese concept of "face," touching upon issues of identity and authority, and giving three Kantian "imperatives" for "spiritual" gift giving in the Chinese context.