Cross Purposes
The Violent Grammar of Christian Atonement
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Word Count
69,250 words, Guess
Page Count
277 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- ISBN-101563383365
- ISBN-139781563383366
- Goodreads454922
- LibraryThing901815
- Library of Congress Control Number00066316
and 3 more
- OCLC Control Number45422098
- Better World Books9781563383366
- Open LibraryOL8643862M
Classifications
- LCCBT265.2 .B37 2001
- LCCBT 265.2 .B37 2001
- LCCBT265.2.B37 2001
Description
"In this seminal study of the Christian theory of the atonement, Anthony Bartlett claims that a logic of violence and sacrifice has dominated the key Western doctrines of atonement. Throughout history these understandings of the atonement have sanctioned widespread violence in the name of Christ. Even now politicians and others continue to use these theories to condone violent punishments and war.". "Cross Purposes offers a 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. But Bartlett argues that a minority tradition of the compassion of Christ provides a possible way out of Christian violence. His study gives this tradition a dynamic new reading, showing how it undoes both divine and human violence and offers a powerfully transformative version of the atonement for the contemporary world."--BOOK JACKET.
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