This is a very thought provoking and illuminating read. It really helps confront our blindspots as Western thinkers still affected by Descartes infamous dictum 'I think therefore I am.' Eastman argues persuasively that rather than rationality as the precondition for relationally, the reverse is true. Participation in Christ and the image of God reveal our sense of self is not self defined, but defined by relationship. She compares recent developments in philosophy, neuroscience, and research on the brain with Paul's contemporaries the Stoics to show the differences and similarities. Eastman particularly focuses on Romans 7, Philippians 2, and Galatians 2 to make her points theologically in the second half of the book. My only caveat is I would like to see her in a subsequent book work out the potential implications of this line of thought. This reveals the roots of our western crusade about individual rights being purely self defined rather than defined in relationship. I also wondered if there is an incipient universalism in some of her phrasing, but I could be wrong about that.