Recovering the Scandal of the Cross

Atonement in New Testament & Contemporary Contexts

By Joel B. Green and Mark D. Baker

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Product Details

Line: IVP Academic
Length: 232 pages
Size: 6 x 9 inches
Binding: paperback
Published: August 2000

ISBN-10: 0-8308-1571-6
ISBN-13: 978-0-8308-1571-5
IVP Order Code: 1571

Related Subjects

Atonement
Theology

• displays the rich array of interpretations of the cross found in the New Testament
• shows how the atonement has been understood in Western and non-Western contexts
• explores how various views of the atonement have been reduced to a single, controlling view that poses needless obstacles to twenty-first century peoples and cultures
• challenges readers to reconsider how we can faithfully communicate with fresh models the atoning significance of the cross for specific contexts today