Participating in Christ: Explorations in Paul’s Theology and Spirituality (Biblia.com)

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Renowned scholar Michael Gorman examines the important Pauline theme of participation in Christ, a topic of great interest in New Testament circles and one that is central to Paul’s theology and spirituality. Building on his previous work on the topic, Gorman carefully examines participation in Christ in Paul’s letters. His book explores this theme across the letters and includes in-depth...

These texts, among others, reinforce the central claim of this chapter: for Paul, resurrectional life in Christ is the cruciform life, and vice versa. This is the paradox of participation for Paul. Furthermore, this chapter has emphasized that it is best to use “cruciform” for the shape, structure, or form of this present life in Christ, avoiding the additional use of the parallel term “resurrectiform” or “anastiform” for present participation in Christ. Rather, it is more appropriate to use terms

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