Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

From "blessed in Christ" to "being in Christ": the state of union and the place of participation in Paul's discourse, New Testament exegesis, and systematic theology today / Kevin J. Vanhoozer --Participation and faith in Paul / Douglas A. Campbell -- Metaphor, reality, and union with Christ / Constantine R. Campbell -- Incarnational ontology and the theology of participation in Paul / Grant Macaskill -- Oneself in another: participation and the Spirit in Romans 8 / Susan Eastman -- "Real participation": the body of Christ & and the body of sin in evolutionary perspective / Matthew Croasmun -- Baptism and union with Christ / Isaac Augustine Morales -- Paul's corporate, cruciform, missional Theosis in 2 Corinthians / Michael J. Gorman -- Paul and the anxieties of (imperial?) succession: Galatians and the politics of neglect / Michael J. Thate -- Sharing the heavenly rule of Christ the King: Paul's royal participatory language in Ephesians / Joshua W. Jipp -- Paul, Phrónēsis, and participation: the shape of space and the reconfiguration of place in Paul's Letter to the Philippians / Michael J. Thate -- Two early perspectives on participation in Paul: Irenaeus and Clement of Alexandria / Ben C. Blackwell -- Augustine and participation: some reflections on his exegesis of Romans / Darren Sarisky -- Apocalyptic union: Martin Luther's account of faith in Christ / Stephen Chester -- The fatherhood of God & union with Christ in Calvin / Julie Canlis -- "One with Him in spirit": mystical union and the humanity of Christ in the theology of John Owen / T. Robert Baylor -- Karl Barth's reading of Paul's union with Christ / Keith L. Johnson -- Fitting participation: from the Holy Trinity to Christian virtue / Ashish Varma -- Participating in the body and blood of Christ: Christian koinōnía and the Lord's Supper / Mary Patton Baker -- Until we are one? Biopolitics and the united body / Devin P. Singh.