Violence, Hospitality, and the Cross: Reappropriating the Atonement Tradition
by Hans Boersma
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The cross is central to understanding Christian theology. But is it possible that our postmodern setting requires a new model of understanding the cross? Hans Boersma's Violence, Hospitality, and the Cross proposes an understanding of the atonement that is sensitive both to the Christian tradition and to the postmodern critiques of that tradition. His fresh approach draws on the rich resources of the Christian tradition in its portrayal of God's hospitality in Jesus Christ.Tags
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This was a great book which wrestles with the violence of the Atonement (Jesus' work for us on the cross) but sets it within the context of God's hospitality. Boersma does an excellent job of evaluating the various historical understanding of the atonement and argues that in the cross Jesus recapitulates humanity (following Iraenus or N.T. Wright's concept of reconstiution).
Tries to say too much and ends up saying too little.
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Hans Boersma is the Saint Benedict Servants of Christ Chair in Ascetical Theology at Nashotah House Theological Seminary, Wisconsin. His other books include Heavenly Participation: The Weaving of a Sacramental Tapestry and Scripture as Real Presence: Sacramental Exegesis in the Early Church.
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