Transformed lives
Subtitle: making sense of atonement today
By: Cynthia S.W. Crysdale
Publisher: Seabury Books
Published: 2016
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
ISBN-13: 9781596272682
Subjects: Atonement
Description: Even theologians have had different ideas about the theology of atonement; how are the rest of supposed to understand it? This book is a good place to start. Crysdale, whose background in both psychology and theology gives her a unique perspective, presents an overview of the history of the theology of atonement, addressing clearly the difficulties around this concept, and bringing us with her to a contemporary understanding.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Falling in love: healing and reconciliation enfolded in God's embrace; title: Retrieving the biblical tradition: Paul and Jesus; title: From metaphor to theory, further attempts to make sense of what God has done in Christ; title: From theory to modernity: meaning-making today; title: What does all of this mean for theology?; title: Transformed lives reconsidered.