Locating the Kingdom of God: Performing Sacred Boundaries

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Dr Karen J. Wenell (University of Birmingham, UK) Chris Keith (Norwegian School of Theology Religion and Society Norway)

Locating the Kingdom of God

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Performing Sacred Boundaries

Dr Karen J. Wenell (University of Birmingham, UK), Chris Keith (Norwegian School of Theology Religion and Society Norway)

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T.& T.Clark Ltd
19 March 2026

New Testaments

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)
Edited by: Chris Keith (Norwegian School of Theology Religion and Society Norway)
Imprint: T.& T.Clark Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 280g
ISBN: 9780567711229
ISBN 10: 0567711226
Series: The Library of New Testament Studies
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 19 March 2026
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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

Reviews for Locating the Kingdom of God: Performing Sacred Boundaries

I warmly welcome Wenell's study, as will all those interested in the way that reception history of texts can disclose their potential for good or ill; who seek to develop constructive theology building on the resources of Scripture; or who wish simply to bring the Bible into critical conversation with current ethical concerns. * The Expository Times * In this book Wenell [...] explores questions of the sacred and space that are relevant and important to the study of the kingdom of God. * New Testaments Abstract *