cross as an example of a universal principle, either God’s love for us or our love for God.86 By way of contrast, “strong” crucicentrism views the cross as the event and place that becomes the hinge of history, the decisive turning point in the God-world relationship. Mere evangelical theology is first and foremost “passional”—passionate about the passion of Christ—assuming that we also take the resurrection to be part and parcel of the cross event. To be sure, incarnation and Pentecost are absolutely