Approaching The Atonement (Paperback)
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Theologian Oliver Crisp explores the meaning of the cross and the various ways that the death of Jesus has been interpreted in the church's history—from ransom theory in the early church to penal substitutionary theory to more recent feminist critiques. What emerges is a more complex, expansive, and fruitful understanding of the atonement and its significance for the Christian faith today. In many ways, the death of Jesus Christ on the cross stands at the heart of the Christian faith. But how...