Exploring the Eschaton. The Lord’s Supper as a Cultural Technique Enabling Prefigurative Politics

Focusing on 1 Cor. 11, this article argues that the early Christian meal can be understood as a cultural technique enables new knowledge and insight, specifically about world to come. The argument takes its vantage point from an understanding of form social experimentation engages in prefigurative practices, thereby anticipating To explore latter phenomenon, makes use body theory concerning politics, field not commonly associated with study religion. However, it is shown useful tool for considering kind regarding come made possible through performance meal, technique. In manner, present aims make contributions at levels both insights into it.