Saving Power: Theories Of Atonement And Forms Of The Church and Tradition in Crisis

Saving Power: Theories Of Atonement And Forms Of The Church

Name: Saving Power: Theories Of Atonement And Forms Of The Church
Price: 20.2 GBP
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Author: Peter Schmiechen
ISBN: 9780802829856

Theories of Atonement and Forms of the Church

by Peter Schmiechen

Paperback
384 pages
Publisher: Eerdmans Publishing Company
15.6 x 23.4 x 2.1 cm

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Concerned to reinvigorate the church's teaching on the cross, the resurrection, and salvation - the atonement - Peter Schmiechen here invites readers to rediscover the wealth of the Christian tradition. In "Saving Power" he makes ample use of primary sources to unpack ten distinct theories of atonement, welcoming aspects of each rather than championing only one. Along the way, he demonstrates that while most Christians assume the basic theme of atonement to be sin and forgiveness, other powerful themes - liberation from oppressive powers, reconciliation in the face of division, and the hope of resurrection in the face of death, for instance - also deserve to be studied and preached.