ISBN Participating in Christ (Explorations in Paul's Theology and Spirituality) book English Paperback 320 pages

World-renowned scholar Michael Gorman examines the important Pauline theme of participation in Christ and explores its contemporary significance for Christian life and ministry. One of the themes Gorman explores is what he calls 'resurrectional cruciformity'--that participating in Christ is simultaneously dying and rising with him and that cross-shaped living, infused with the life of the resurrected Lord, is life giving. Throughout the book, Gorman demonstrates the centrality of participating in Christ for Paul's theology and spirituality.ContentsIntroductionPart I: Paul and Participation1. Participating in Christ: An Overview2. The Cross: Revelation of Christ and God, of Humanity and the Church3. Cruciform or Resurrectiform? Paul's Paradoxical Practice of Resurrectional Cruciformity4. A New Translation of Philippians 2:5 and its Significance for Paul's Theology and Spirituality5. The Apocalyptic New Covenant and the Shape of Life in the Spirit according to Galatians6. Reading Galatians 2:15-21 Theologically: Beyond Old and New, West and East7. New Creation! Justification and Participation from Galatians to Second Corinthians8. Righteousness, Resurrection, Reconciliation: From Second Corinthians to Romans9. Theosis in Second CorinthiansPart II: Paul and Participation Today10. Being 'In Christ' Today: Paul's Letter to the Contemporary Church in North America11. Paul on Practicing and Preaching the Resurrection Today IndexesThe Author Michael J. GormanMichael J. Gorman (PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary) is the Raymond E. Brown Professor of Biblical Studies and Theology at St. Mary's Seminary and University in Baltimore, Maryland. He formerly served as dean of the Ecumenical Institute of Theology at St....Continue readingabout Michael J. Gorman