The Architecture of Encounter: Resurrection and the Relational Logic of the Gospel of John In the landscape of ancient religious and philosophical thought, the human condition is often portrayed as being at the bottom of a great, ascending ladder. Whether through the cultivation of Stoic virtue, the meticulous observance of legal codes, the balancing of karmic debt, or the seeking of Gnostic enlightenment, the burden of transcendence traditionally rests upon the individual
