Patrick Schreiner is Assistant Professor of New Testament Literature and Language at Western Seminary in Portland Oregon, USA.

What makes this volume satisfying is that, so to speak, everything is there … There are reflections on philosophy, anthropology, systematic theology, sociology, and geography. This type of cross-study is certainly commendable, as he digs through an impressively wide range of materials … Schreiner has done a service by bringing a neglected topic to notice. His work deserves attention as a call to examine the “where” or “space” of the “kingdom of heaven,” and broaden our understanding of the space.

• List of TablesList of FiguresPrefaceForewordList of AbbreviationsPart 1: Space: The Final Frontier 1. The Eclipse of Space 2. The Presence of Jesus and the Spatial Kingdom 3. Spatial Theory Part 2: Jesus vs. Beelzebul 4. Lord of Heaven and Earth 5. If By the Spirit: The Spirit, The Spatial Kingdom and the New Exodus Part 3: World-Building with Words 6. Salt, Light, Dust, and Fields 7. The Meek Community and the Temple Part 4: People, Presence, and Place 8. A New World and the Community9. The Kingdom as ThirdspaceBibliographyIndexes

Patrick Schreiner is Assistant Professor of New Testament Literature and Language at Western Seminary in Portland Oregon, USA.

What makes this volume satisfying is that, so to speak, everything is there … There are reflections on philosophy, anthropology, systematic theology, sociology, and geography. This type of cross-study is certainly commendable, as he digs through an impressively wide range of materials … Schreiner has done a service by bringing a neglected topic to notice. His work deserves attention as a call to examine the “where” or “space” of the “kingdom of heaven,” and broaden our understanding of the space.

• List of TablesList of FiguresPrefaceForewordList of AbbreviationsPart 1: Space: The Final Frontier 1. The Eclipse of Space 2. The Presence of Jesus and the Spatial Kingdom 3. Spatial Theory Part 2: Jesus vs. Beelzebul 4. Lord of Heaven and Earth 5. If By the Spirit: The Spirit, The Spatial Kingdom and the New Exodus Part 3: World-Building with Words 6. Salt, Light, Dust, and Fields 7. The Meek Community and the Temple Part 4: People, Presence, and Place 8. A New World and the Community9. The Kingdom as ThirdspaceBibliographyIndexes

Patrick Schreiner is Assistant Professor of New Testament Literature and Language at Western Seminary in Portland Oregon, USA.

What makes this volume satisfying is that, so to speak, everything is there … There are reflections on philosophy, anthropology, systematic theology, sociology, and geography. This type of cross-study is certainly commendable, as he digs through an impressively wide range of materials … Schreiner has done a service by bringing a neglected topic to notice. His work deserves attention as a call to examine the “where” or “space” of the “kingdom of heaven,” and broaden our understanding of the space.

• List of TablesList of FiguresPrefaceForewordList of AbbreviationsPart 1: Space: The Final Frontier 1. The Eclipse of Space 2. The Presence of Jesus and the Spatial Kingdom 3. Spatial Theory Part 2: Jesus vs. Beelzebul 4. Lord of Heaven and Earth 5. If By the Spirit: The Spirit, The Spatial Kingdom and the New Exodus Part 3: World-Building with Words 6. Salt, Light, Dust, and Fields 7. The Meek Community and the Temple Part 4: People, Presence, and Place 8. A New World and the Community9. The Kingdom as ThirdspaceBibliographyIndexes