Oliver D. Crisp 
Approaching the Atonement [EPUB ebook] 
The Reconciling Work of Christ

In many ways, the death of Jesus Christ on the cross stands at the heart of the Christian faith.
But how should we understand the theological significance of Christ's death? Should we limit our doctrine of the atonement to the cross, or is Christ's work more expansive than that? How should we account for the violence of this event?
Theologian Oliver Crisp explores such questions around 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 from this study is a more complex, expansive, and fruitful understanding of the atonement and its significance for the Christian faith today.

Table of Content

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Approaching the Atonement
2. Several Patristic Accounts of Atonement
3. The Ransom Account of Atonement
4. The Satisfaction Doctrine of Atonement
5. Moral Exemplarism and Atonement
6. Penal Substitutionary Atonement
7. Governmental and Vicarious Penitence Doctrines of Atonement
8. The Problem of Atoning Violence
9. Mashup and Kaleidoscopic Accounts of Atonement
10. Participation and Atonement
Glossary of Terms
Bibliography
General Index
Scripture Index

About the author

Oliver D. Crisp (Ph.D., King's College, London) is reader in theology at the University of Bristol and visiting lecturer at Regent College in Vancouver. His previous titles include Jonathan Edwards and the Metaphysics of Sin and Divinity and Humanity.