ABSTRACT
Transformation toward the glory of God does not mean to defeat present existence or to revert to some original uncompromised state. Rather, it involves the reorientation and reconstruction of multiple dimensions of personal and shared life. The old language of conversion conveys this thoroughgoing transformation: it is conversion rather than evasion of our earthen situation and situatedness; it is being turned toward the grace and glory of God and turning toward greater integrity and richer relatedness with others and God.
