Living in union with Christ
Subtitle: Paul's gospel and Christian moral identity
By: Grant Macaskill
Publisher: Baker Academic, a division of Baker Publishing Group; Baker Academic
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9781540961242
Subjects: Criticism, interpretation; Christian life; Biblical teaching; Mystical union; Bible
Description: "A leading New Testament theologian introduces Paul's understanding of the Christian life, which is grounded in the Apostle's theology of union with Christ"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-153) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Union with Christ as the basis for Christian life; title: Scholarly contexts for the present study: attempts to revise our understanding of justification and sanctification; title: Who am I really?: Paul's moral crisis; title: Baptism and moral identity: clothing ourselves in Christ; title: The Lord's Supper and someone else's memory: do this in remembrance of me; title: Crying "Abba" in the ruins of war: the Spirit and the presence of Christ; title: One little victory: hope and the moral life; title: Concluding synthesis: living in union with Christ.