Where Mortals Dwell Quotes

“The early Church did not see itself as a private religious society competing with others to offer personal salvation to its members; it saw itself as a movement launched into the public life of the world, challenging the cultus publicus of the Empire, claiming the allegiance of all without exception.”[60] Newbigin rightly makes much of the hermeneutic of the local ekklēsia; as part of the catholic people of God, the local congregation is to be a sign of the kingdom in its particular place:”
― Craig G. Bartholomew, Where Mortals Dwell: A Christian View of Place for Today

“Significantly for place, Barth asserts that “God grants him His own presence, i.e., Himself as the Co-inhabitant of this place.”[113] From this perspective place is never fully place without God as a co-inhabitant.”
― Craig G. Bartholomew, Where Mortals Dwell: A Christian View of Place for Today