Cover

Preface

Table of Contents

A Theological Introduction

KEVIN J. VANHOOZER: From “Blessed in Christ” to “Being in Christ”: The State of Union and the Place of Participation in Paul’s Discourse, New Testament Exegesis, and Systematic Theology Today

A. Introduction: the mystery of “in Christ”

I. A man in Christ? Giotto’s “Stigmatization of St. Francis”

II. Modern New Testament studies: recontextualizing Paul’s “in Christ”

III. Systematic theology: “in Christ” in Reformation soteriology

IV. Mapping the mystery

B. “In Christ”: prepositions, history, and biblical exegesis

C. “Blessed in Christ”: metaphor, redemptive history, and biblical theology

I. Redemptive history and biblical theology

1. Election

2. Incarnation

3. Death and resurrection

4. Ascension and session

II. Metaphor and biblical theology

1. Body

2. Temple

3. Marriage

4. Adoption

D. “Being in Christ”: concept, reception history, and systematic theology

I. Reception history and historical theology

1. Cyril of Alexandria

2. Jonathan Edwards

3. Herman Bavinck

II. Concept and systematic theology

1. Formal concepts

2. Material concepts

E. Conclusion: “In Christ” as eutopic theater

Bibliography

Part One: Pauline Theology and Exegesis

DOUGLAS A. CAMPBELL: Participation and Faith in Paul

A. Introduction

B. Faith in Paul as confessional

C. Faith in Paul as comprehensive, ethical, and ecclesial

D. Participation and believing in Paul

E. Believing and ethics

F. The critical implications

Bibliography

CONSTANTINE R. CAMPBELL: Metaphor, Reality, and Union with Christ

A. Introduction

B. The power of metaphor

C. Paul’s corporate metaphors

I. Body

II. Temple and Building

III. Marriage

IV. New Clothing

D. Creating meaning

I. Body

II. Temple and Building

III. Marriage

IV. Clothing

E. Spiritual Reality

I. Body

II. Temple and Building

III. Marriage

IV. Clothing

F. Material reality

I. Body

II. Temple and Building

III. Marriage

IV. Clothing

G. Conclusion

Bibliography

GRANT MACASKILL: Incarnational Ontology and the Theology of Participation in Paul

A. James D.G. Dunn and Pneumatological Christology

B. Paul and Participation

I. 1 Cor 10 – 12: Eucharist and Participation

II. Romans 8: Participating in Sonship

C. Conclusions and Further Reflections

Bibliography

SUSAN G. EASTMAN: Oneself in Another: Participation and the Spirit in Romans 8

A. From Condemnation to Communion: Judgment and Participation in Christ and the Spirit

B. The Spirit-filled Community: oneself in another

I. The Relational Spirit

II. Second-personal Identities

III. The Spirit With and Between and Among Us

IV. Kinship and the Kindness of God

V. The Gracious Bond of Love

C. The Cradle of Thought

D. “Spiritual Experience” Revisited

Bibliography

MATTHEW CROASMUN: “Real Participation”: The Body of Christ & the Body of Sin in Evolutionary Perspective

A. Introduction

B. The Body in Evolutionary Perspective

I. What is a Body?

II. The Parousia of Group Selection

III. The Body as “Adaptive Unit”

C. The Body of Christ as Adaptive Unit

D. Group-Level Cognition and the Mind of Christ

I. Group-Level Cognition

II. The Mind of Christ

E. The Moral Ambivalence of Participation

I. Descriptive vs. Evaluative Ethics

II. The Body of Sin

III. The Dominion of Sin

F. Overlapping Worlds

G. Conclusion

Bibliography

ISAAC AUGUSTINE MORALES, O.P.: Baptism and Union with Christ

A. Baptized into Christ’s Death

B. “But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified”

C. Baptized by one Spirit into one Body

D. Crucifying the Flesh through Baptism for the sake of Unity

E. Conclusion

Bibliography

MICHAEL J. GORMAN: Paul’s Corporate, Cruciform, Missional Theosis in 2 Corinthians

A. Is “Theosis” the Right Language?

B. Why We Should Expect Theosis in Paul, and Specifically in 2 Corinthians

C. Theosis as Future Resurrection Glory and Present Cruciform Glory: 2 Cor 3:18

D. Theosis as Becoming the Cruciform Justice of God in Christ: 2 Cor 5:21

E. Theosis on the Ground: Cruciform Economic Justice in 2 Corinthians 8–9

F. Conclusion

Bibliography

MICHAEL J. THATE: Paul and the Anxieties of (Imperial?) Succession: Galatians and the Politics of Neglect

A. Introduction

B. The Political Ideology of Pater

C. Fictive or Familial Continuity? The Example of Britannicus and Nero

D. Paul’s Radical Recast? Father, Son(s), and Heirs

E. Some (Theo)(Political) Conclusions

Bibliography

JOSHUA W. JIPP: Sharing the Heavenly Rule of Christ the King: Paul’s Royal Participatory Language in Ephesians

A. Χριστός as a Royal Figure in Ephesians

B. Pauline Participation as Sharing in the Messiah’s Royal Rule in Ephesians

I. God’s Enthronement of His Anointed King in Israel’s Psalter

II. Participating in the Rule of the Resurrected-Enthroned King in Ephesians

III.Participating in the Benefits of the Messiah’s Rule

1. Participating in the Messiah’s Election

2. Participating in the Messiah’s Body

3. Participating in the Messiah’s Reconciliation and Peace

C. Conclusion: The Royal Roots of Paul’s Participatory Soteriology in Ephesians

Bibliography

MICHAEL J. THATE: Paul, Φρόνησις, and Participation: The Shape of Space and the Reconfiguration of Place in Paul’s Letter to the Philippians

A. Thieving Spaces and Placing this Study

I. Φρόνησις and an Alternative Civic Template: Wayne Meeks

II. Paul’s ‘Mixed’ Messages of Christic Being: Adela Yarbro Collins

III. The Christ-Pattern: Luke Timothy Johnson

IV. Ideological Re-mapping at Philippi: Peter Oakes

V. A Place for civitas: Steven J. Kraftchick

B. Theorizing Space and Place in Philippians

I. Spatial Imaginaries and Contested Places: Laura S. Narallah

II. Definition and Imagination: Space and Place

III. Paul’s Spatial Imaginary

C. Φρόνησις as Spatial Reasoning

I. Revisiting the Archive

II. Paul’s Spatial Reasoning

D. Conclusions

I. Φρόνησις as Spatial Reasoning

II. Christic Being and the Spatiality of Christ

III. The Field of Christ

IV. Alternatives to Center and Periphery

V. The Social Body

Bibliography

Part Two: Some Highlights from Reception History

BEN C. BLACKWELL: Two Early Perspectives on Participation in Paul: Irenaeus and Clement of Alexandria

A. Introduction

B. Irenaeus and Clement: Setting the Stage

C. Irenaeus: Communion between God and Humans

I. Union of Divine and Human in Christ (AH 3.17–19)

1. Divine Christ as Human (AH 3.17–18)

2. Human Christ as Divine (AH 3.19)

II. Union of the Flesh with the Life-Giving Spirit (AH 5.6–14)

III. Conclusion: Participation according to Irenaeus

D. Clement of Alexandria: Assimilation to God

I. Likeness to God as the Chief “End” of Humans (Strom 2.22)

II. Gnostic Martyrdom: The Soul Drawn to God (Strom 4.6–7)

III. Likeness to the Creator God (Strom 4.26)

IV. Conclusion: Participation according to Clement

E. Conclusion

Bibliography

DARREN SARISKY: Augustine and Participation: Some Reflections on His Exegesis of Romans

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I. Propositions from the Epistle to the Romans

II. Grace of Christ

IV

Bibliography

STEPHEN CHESTER: Apocalyptic Union: Martin Luther’s Account of Faith in Christ

A. Introduction

B. The Human Plight: Luther’s Apocalyptic Anthropology

C. Christ Present in Faith: Justification and Union with Christ

D. Union with Christ: Receiving Christ’s Righteousness

E. Union with Christ: Living an Alien Life

F. Union with Christ: Faith and Good Works

G. Union with Christ: Faith and Love

H. Conclusion and Implications

Bibliography

JULIE CANLIS: The Fatherhood of God & Union with Christ in Calvin

A. Fatherhood in Calvin: literary theme or cosmic reality?

B. The Old Covenant: The Father’s Search for a Son

C. The New Covenant: The Sonship of Christ

D. Union with the Son: “our salvation consists in having God as our Father”

E. Fatherhood, Union, and the Church

F. Conclusion

Bibliography

T. ROBERT BAYLOR: “One with Him in Spirit”: Mystical Union and the Humanity of Christ in the Theology of John Owen

A. Grace of Union

B. Personal Grace

C. Capital Grace

D. Mystical Union

E. Conclusion

Bibliography

KEITH L. JOHNSON: Karl Barth’s Reading of Paul’s Union with Christ

A. Objectivity and Subjectivity in Covenantal Perspective

B. Election, Christology, and Humanity

C. Union with Christ as Vocation

Bibliography

Part Three: Theological Reflection

ASHISH VARMA: Fitting Participation: From the Holy Trinity to Christian Virtue

A. Ontology of Virtue

I. Holiness of God

II. The Economy of Virtue: Holiness of Christ

III. Situating Our Holiness: In Christ

B. Excellence in Christ

I. Right Orientation: Simulacra vs. Participation in God’s Action

II. Gratitude and Faithful Obedience

III. Habits of Excellence

C. Conclusion

Bibliography

MARY PATTON BAKER: Participating in the Body and Blood of Christ: Christian Kοινωνία and the Lord’s Supper

A. A Mutual Communion with the Triune God through the Holy Spirit

B. The Quality of Kοινωνία

C. Participation in the Personal History of Jesus Christ

D. Fellowship Embodied in Generosity

E. Meals with Idols Versus a Meal with Christ

F. The Lord’s Supper in Corinth: 1 Cor 11: 7–34

G. Conclusion

Bibliography

DEVIN P. SINGH: Until We Are One? Biopolitics and the United Body

A. Of bodies and biopolitics

B. Ancient bodies and the body of Christ

C. From Christ’s body to the king’s two bodies

D. The church and the machine

Bibliography

List of Contributors

Index of References

Old Testament

Pseudepigrapha

New Testament

Ancient Authors

Index of Names

Subject Index