The Actuality of Atonement
Subtitle: A Study of Metaphor, Rationality and the Christian Tradition
Publisher: T. & T. Clark Publishers, Ltd.
Published: May 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780567292209
Subjects: Theology - Academic; Religion; Christianity - Theology - Soteriology; Christian doctrinal theology; Bible - Study - General
Description: "In a reissue of a masterly examination of both the Christian doctrine of Atonement and the nature and working of theological language, Professor Gunton reassesses the doctrine and the language in which it is expressed in the light of modern scholarly developments. He explains how the traditional metaphors of Atonement, drawn from the battlefield, the altar and the law courts, all express something of the meaning of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus-and examines their bearing on human life in today's world."--Bloomsbury Publishing