In recent decades, the theme of union with Christ has become known in popular theological circles through controversies: a number of conferences and books have explored the notion of union with Christ in Calvin and Luther and in New Testament studies, often with a concern for ongoing debates about justification.3 This book is not a contribution to those debates. Instead, it emerges from the experience of teaching and lecturing on union with Christ and seeing how the theme challenges, nurtures, and
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