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Christ as Culture 1: Christ as Polity
Author(s) -
Jenson Robert W.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
international journal of systematic theology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.149
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1468-2400
pISSN - 1463-1652
DOI - 10.1111/1463-1652.00112
Subject(s) - polity , doctrine , philosophy , relation (database) , body of christ , prayer , narrative , theology , eucharist , jesus christ , faith , law , political science , linguistics , database , politics , computer science
Standard definitions of culture demand that we understand the church as a culture. However, if the church is the body of Christ in the world, then Christ is a culture. This recognition can be understood through the doctrine of the totus Christus , and offers a way of understanding the relation of Christ to Israel in the scriptural narrative. It also illuminates, variously, the practice of intercessory prayer and the question of ‘church–state’ relations.