Here is advance praise for this complete revision and expansion of a classic and influential work.

"The Community of the Spirit is a learned and lucid testament of the Christian message that grows out of Kraus' sensitive, ambassadorial listening to the leit-motif of modern North American life individualism"

-from the Foreword, by Alan Kreider, author of Journey Towards Holiness

"Norman Kraus refocuses the theological task from preoccupation with doctrinal, ethical, or philosophical formulae to reflection on the life of witness incarnated in the world God so loves. This is good news indeed!"

-Melanie A. May,

Colgate-Rochester Divinity School

"In this sweeping and creative work, Kraus shows that the biblical vision of the church links individuals with community, spirituality with social ethics, and theol-ogy with practice."

-Donald B Kraubill,

author of The Upside-Down Kingdom