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 Crisp is professor of systematic theology in the School of Theology at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. He is the author of eleven books including Jonathan Edwards Among The Theologians and The Word Enfleshed: Exploring the Person and Work of Christ. He has also edited another eleven volumes, including Analytic Theology, coedited with Michael C. Rea. He is a founding editor of the Journal of Analytic Theology, and co-organizes the annual Los Angeles Theology Conference with Fred Sanders.
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