Description
In this substantial study Darrin W. Snyder Belousek offers a comprehensive and critical examination of penal substitution, the most widely accepted evangelical Protestant theory of atonement, and presents a biblically grounded, theologically orthodox alternative.
Attending to all of the relevant biblical texts and engaging with the full spectrum of scholarship, Belousek systematically develops a biblical theory of atonement that centers on restorative -- rather than retributive -- justice. He also shows how Christian thinking on atonement correlates with major global concerns such as economic justice, capital punishment, -the war on terror, - and ethnic and religious conflicts. Thorough and clearly structured, this book demonstrates how a return to biblical cruciformity can radically transform Christian mission, social justice, and peacemaking.
Author: Darrin W. Snyder Belousek
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: 12/29/2011
Pages: 668
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.11lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.40d
ISBN13: 9780802866424
ISBN10: 0802866425
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christian Theology | Soteriology
- Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation | New Testament
- Religion | Christian Theology | Christology
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