Abstract This essay explores the corporate and social dimensions of discipleship by examining theological vision Parish Communion movement last century. It outlines what sought to achieve liturgically how that was undergirded its underlying ecclesiology. Elements theology underpinning are examined, including Body theology. How these themes contribute contemporary elaborations then explored, a r...

Abstract This special issue introduction addresses the current stakes and possibilities of work Norman O. Brown. Beginning with a reflection on recent Brown conference, elaborates Brown's major theoretical interventions before providing brief synopses essays included in issue.

People ask me: Why do you write about food, and eating and drinking? . . . They ask it accusingly, as if I were somehow gross, unfaithful to the honor of my craft. . . . [I]t happens that when I write of hunger, I am really writing about love and the hunger for it . . . and warmth and richness and fine reality of hunger satisfied . . . and it is all one. . . . There is a communion of more than ...

Abstract The communion ( koinōnia ) of the Spirit calls for moral rapport with God, based on reception divine righteousness in “fruit Spirit” among humans. This article explains centrality such to Spirit, basis insights from book Genesis, some Hebrew psalmists, and apostle Paul. It gives special attention Paul’s perspective Spirit,” thereby identifying distinctive evidence reality goodness by w...

The current study examined the impact of interpersonal conflict on mood and physical symptoms for individuals who scored high on a personality characteristic called unmitigated communion (UC), as compared to individuals who did not score high in UC. UC is defined as a focus on others to the exclusion of the self. Forty-one undergraduate students participated in 7 consecutive nightly interviews....