Abstract
We started this book with a micro interpretation of the Church as an intersection of two variables: voluntary principle and concentration-dispersion of divine presence. That interpretation led us to the discovery of the Charismatic City as a paradigmatic form of the city in history and of the Church. In this chapter, we spin the lens of our analysis 180 degrees to macro interpret the Church, the body of Christ in the light of what we now know about the Charismatic City. We want to expand what we understand as the body of Christ to include the space outside the church building and also beyond the people who claim its confinements as their home. The body of Christ exceeds the limits of Christian membership. In the era of globalization and the emergence of the global commons, the worldwide body of Christ has become one immense, cosmopolitan city or world city.
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Wariboko, N. (2014). The Charismatic City as the Body of Christ. In: The Charismatic City and the Public Resurgence of Religion. CHARIS: Christianity and Renewal—Interdisciplinary Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137463197_10
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