The world of the Galatian churches and our world today -- The Holy Spirit in Paul's story of our salvation history -- Saul/Paul's Damascus experience: an invitation to the mystical life -- The fruit(s) of the spirit: markers of a mystical stance in life -- Christ's spirit of love in us: the foundational "fruit" of the spirit -- Cultivating the joy of the gospels to sign the spirit's love in our lives -- Cultivating the peace of the spirit's love: a challenge to the "peace" of our empires -- Cultivating patience as a sign of the spirit's love in our busy world -- Cultivating kindness as a sign of the spirit's love that makes us kin -- Cultivating goodness as a sign of love's generosity that we are to image -- Cultivating gentleness as a sign of the spirit's love in a violent world -- Cultivating faith and working through the love that does justice -- Cultivating self-control as a sign of be(com)ing free in the spirit's love
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-323) and indexes
