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This best-selling reference tool has been a trusted resource for more than 25 years with over 165,000 copies sold. Now thoroughly updated and substantially revised to meet the needs of today’s students and classrooms, it offers cutting-edge overviews of key theological topics. Readable and reliable, this work features new articles on topics of contemporary relevance to world Christianity and...

righteousness and humankind’s sin. The dilemma that Anselm presents is gripping: finite sinful humanity owes a debt, but fallen humanity cannot pay it; the infinitely righteous God alone can pay this debt, but he does not owe it. Consequently, only a God-man—a theanthropic person—could overcome this situation. By becoming incarnate, the Son was able to make satisfaction on sinful humankind’s behalf, bringing salvation while maintaining God’s honor and glory. Many have raised concerns that the feudal
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