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Approaching the Atonement: The Reconciling Work of Christ is unavailable, but you can change that!

In many ways, the death of Jesus Christ on the cross stands at the heart of the Christian faith. But how should we understand the theological significance of Christ’s death? How has the church interpreted that event in developing a doctrine of atonement? Should we limit our doctrine of the atonement to the cross, or is Christ’s work more expansive than that? Theologian Oliver Crisp explores such...

sufficiency and effectiveness of the atonement has a long history and continues to be debated today. However, it will only feature in passing in what follows.2 This brings us to a further distinction, which touches upon the question we began with in relation to the atonement in the Apostles’ Creed. If the focus of our attention in this work is upon the nature of the atonement, then what is it that constitutes the reconciling work of Christ? Some theologians have distinguished
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