Approaching the Atonement
Subtitle: The Reconciling Work of Christ
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Published: 2020
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780830851973
Subjects: Atonement, history of doctrines
Description: "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"--