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Loading... Cross Purposes: The Violent Grammar of Christian Atonementby Anthony Bartlett
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This book is absolutely amazing! Bartlett traces the historical pathway of penal substitution/satisfaction through Christin history, and in the process, pulls back the curtain to reveal the cultural and historical contingencies that gave birth to this novel, yet deeply human interpretation of the atonement. Calvinists beware, deconstruction lies in wait!!! ( ) no reviews | add a review
This seminal study of the Christian theory of the atonement examines the story of Christian violence. In Cross Purposes, Anthony Bartlett claims that the key Western doctrines of atonement have been dominated by a logic of violence and sacrifice as a means of salvation. Subsequently, the graphic suffering of the crucified in images and narrative has served to unleash a prolonged sacrificial crisis in which there is always a potential need to displace blame. These doctrines of atonement have sanctioned wide-spread violence in the name of Christ throughout history. But Bartlett argues that a minority tradition also exists. He contends that the tradition of the compassion of Christ provides the possible way out of Christian violence. Bartlett's study gives this tradition a dynamic new reading, showing how it undoes both divine and human violence and offers a powerfully transformative version of atonement for the contemporary world. Cross Purposes provides a rich historical and theological overview of the evolution of various atonement theories, using literature, art, and philosophy to provide a creative and provocative reading of Christian atonement.Anthony Bartlett is engaged in post-doctoral research and is an instructor in Religion at Syracuse University.For: Seminarians; clergy; graduate students; professors No library descriptions found.
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)232.3Religions Christian doctrinal theology Christ; Christology AtonementLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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