Locating the Kingdom of God

Performing Sacred Boundaries

Dr Karen J. Wenell (University of Birmingham, UK)

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T.& T.Clark Ltd
19 September 2024

Christianity; New Testaments; Sacred texts

Series: The Library of New Testament Studies

This book offers a new, multidisciplinary way of thinking about the Kingdom of God which fully recognises its sociological and spatial significance in performing boundaries of the sacred. Though spatial-critical perspectives have been increasingly recognised as important across many disciplines, the significance of non-physical religious spaces and their correspondence to boundaries of the sacred has not been explored fully, and never using the specific example of the Kingdom of God. Wenell considers the diverse and sometimes contradictory articulation of the Kingdom in the gospels as well as the ways that Kingdom language frames contemporary ethical debates. Her study of the Kingdom is located within the wider study of religion, affording the opportunity to investigate connections between space, belonging and the sacred.

Wenell structures her investigation in four key areas that engage with the Kingdom in different, but theoretically interconnected ways. She begins by setting out a theory of sacred space that is capable of including the Kingdom, and establishing key concepts such as boundary, performance, physical/non-physical spatiality, spokespersons and controversy. Wenell then focuses on the synoptic gospels and the origins of the Kingdom, noting aspects of uncertainty as well as areas of agreement and controversy over boundaries of the sacred in these uniquely interrelated texts. The third and fourth areas of investigation move into cultural reception, considering instances where the Kingdom is formative for identity and ethical relationships both in individual and wider group belonging terms. Specific reference is made to issues of ethical consuming and displacement, placing the Kingdom in dialogue with Bauman’s discussion of a society of consumers, and Arendt’s notion of equitable co-habitation of the earth.

By: Dr Karen J. Wenell (University of Birmingham UK)
Imprint: T.& T.Clark Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 420g
ISBN: 9780567711182
ISBN 10: 0567711188
Series: The Library of New Testament Studies
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 19 September 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements 1 Introducing the Kingdom of God as Emplaced 2 Foundations: The Kingdom as Performative Sacred Space 3 Synoptic Building Blocks: The Kingdom as Sacred Space in Texts 4 Extensions into Cultural Performance: The Kingdom and the Consumer Realm 5 Extensions into Ethical Responsibility: The Kingdom and Obligations to Others 6 Future Plans: Environmental and Decolonizing Directions of Travel Bibliography Index Index of References

Karen J. Wenell is Associate Professor of New Testament and Theology at the University of Birmingham, UK.