Title: Approaching the Atonement
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"--
Subjects: Atonement, history of doctrines, Theology, doctrinal, Atonement, History of doctrines