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Cruciformity: Paul’s Narrative Spirituality of the Cross is unavailable, but you can change that!

Most studies of Paul concentrate solely on his theology. This book breaks new ground by focusing on the source and nature of Paul’s spirituality. Taking his cue from Paul’s express desire to “know nothing but Christ crucified,” Michael Gorman shows how Paul’s personal experience of God constantly intersects with the story of the cross, an event that both reveals the cruciform character of God and...

of God’s love, wisdom, and power—whether pagan, Jewish, or even (no, especially!) Christian must now pass the test of conformity to the cross of Christ as the revelation of God: “God’s stance toward the world is quintessentially demonstrated in the action of Christ [in his death].”22 If on the cross Christ conformed to God, then God “conforms” to the cross.The cross is the interpretive, or hermeneutical, lens through which God is seen; it is the means of grace by which God is known. As John Carroll
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