{"product_id":"gathered-around-jesus-eric-c-stewart-9781498211277","title":"Gathered around Jesus","description":"Modern theorists are virtually united in understanding that space encodes social practices and power relations. Those who control space exert their control by means of particular spatial practices. Models of critical spatiality, such as that of territoriality, show how social relationships are predominant in the classification, communication, and control of space. Space is seen as a relational category rather than an absolute category. In this innovative study, Stewart addresses Mark's editorial and\/or compositional control over the geographic presentation of Jesus's ministry. He makes the case that Mark presents the world spatially in a manner widely consistent with geographic traditions found in Greek and Roman texts. In Mark, Stewart argues, Jesus offers an alternative spatial practice, one that is centered on himself. The kingdom of God exists spatially in the area around Jesus in which the new community \"\"gathers.\"\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eric C. Stewart\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1498211275\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781498211277\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cascade Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Eric C. Stewart","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47244147359999,"sku":"9781498211277","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c0ded031-1a35-406e-94a0-bd7587ffcba7.jpg?v=1758135047","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gathered-around-jesus-eric-c-stewart-9781498211277","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}