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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...

is in the blood” (Lev 17:11), which must be spilt in order to atone for human sin. However, this is too quick. At the heart of this problem raised by atoning violence is a real concern about God’s relation to his creatures that is not easily deflected, as well as a worry about our human conception of Godself. In this chapter we shall consider several ways in which these important criticisms of traditional atonement doctrines may be harnessed in order to provide more satisfactory ways of thinking
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