Sublime

Such Christological readings that see Jesus as the protagonist of all of his stories are not “wrong”; they are legitimate interpretations in light of church doctrine, and they are often profound.

“Although [x] not [y] but [z]” is no do-goodism; it has no ambition through human action to change the world for good or for God. It has no ambition to meet a goal that would swallow the personhood of another. Rather, “although [x] not [y] but [z]” is only the moving chorus that invites us to enter the death experiences of the persons around us, to

Rather, a larger, deeply substantive moral tradition leads her into a sense of practice, delivering a very different fullness than that of busyness through speed.

To be in his presence is not only to be challenged and comforted; it is to celebrate at table.

Yet Taylor has taught us that the good life (whether subjective or objective, personal or cultural) demands narrative. You need a story about what makes life good to have an identity.

To speak of loving God and loving neighbor does not require theological precision; it does not ask for a particular location of worship (Gerizim, Jerusalem, Mecca, the Ganges, or Ssogoréate . . .); it does not speak to a particular book (the Torah, the Samaritan Pentateuch, the Christian Bible, the Qur’an, or the Book of Mormon . . .). Loving God a

Paths to Transcendence: According to Shankara, Ibn Arabi, and Meister Eckhart

Whether it is you or someone else who has this direct experience with the living Christ, its very shape (if it is indeed Jesus), Paul believes, will take the form of the cross—faith for Paul is not vital or consequential; it is only cruciform.

To be in Christ is to encounter the living Jesus sharing in your person as he ministers to you through your death experience.