Paul’s Corporate Christophany

“Rob Fringer’s careful, detailed study of the Christophany texts in Paul reveals a largely unexplored function of these texts: to shape the eschatological identity of the various Pauline communities. This is an important book about the corporate, community-forming power of these passages and of the church’s consequent moral and missional life in sync with the apostle’s own experience of Christ.”


—Michael J. Gorman, St. Mary’s Seminary & University, Baltimore





“Many people have studied Paul's Damascus road experience in order to better understand the apostle's so-called ‘conversion.’ But Fringer opens new vistas in the study of Paul's Christophany by examining why and how he talks about this in the context of a letter's particular rhetorical argument. Among Fringer's many interesting discoveries is the fact that Paul often refers to his Christophany to encourage and instruct his readers in faith, spiritual growth, and unity. Fringer models careful exegesis and penetrating synthesis.”


—Nijay Gupta, George Fox University





“This fine book sheds important light on how Paul draws on his encounter with Christ on the Damascus Road to shape the identity and mission of God’s people in their various life settings. Carefully researched and clearly written, Rob Fringer’s book is an outstanding example of scholarship in service of the church.”


—Dean Flemming, MidAmerica Nazarene University