About the Contributor(s): Isaac K. Mbabazi (PhD, University of Manchester) is Professeur Associe of the New Testament. Former Dean of the School of Theology at Shalom University, Congo, he is presently Rector of Great Lakes School of Theology and Leadership, Burundi, and is adjunct Professor at International Leadership University-Burundi. He is the author of several articles, including ""Christians as Members of a 'Royal Family' in Matthew's Gospel,"" AJET (2011)."

The resurrection of Jesus is arguably the most significant component of the Christian narrative and is critical for Paul's presentation of the Gospel. Yet it is routinely marginalized in study of the polemics of Galatians, largely because it is explicitly mentioned only once, and even then, only obliquely. This investigation redraws the boundaries of its impact in the letter, showing the risen Christ to be an indispensable feature of how Paul's argument unfolds and achieves its ultimate objective--establishing a rationale for the creation of a multiethnic eschatological family of God, which...