Healing the gospel: a radical vision for grace, justice, and the cross
Why did Jesus have to die? Was it to appease a wrathful God's demand for punishment? Does that mean Jesus died to save us from God? How could someone ever truly love or trust a God like that? How can that ever be called "Good News"? It's questions like these that make so many peo...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Eugene, Or
Cascade Books
©2012
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| In: | Year: 2012 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Girard, René 1923-2015
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| Further subjects: | B
Crucifixion of Jesus Christ
B Atonement B Jesus Christ Crucifixion B Jesus Christ B Jésus-Christ - Crucifiement |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | Why did Jesus have to die? Was it to appease a wrathful God's demand for punishment? Does that mean Jesus died to save us from God? How could someone ever truly love or trust a God like that? How can that ever be called "Good News"? It's questions like these that make so many people want to have nothing to do with Christianity. Healing the Gospel challenges the assumption that the Christian understanding of justice is rooted in a demand for violent punishment, and instead offers a radically different understanding of the gospel based on God's restorative justice. Connecting our own experiences of faith with the New Testament narrative, author Derek Flood shows us an understanding of the cross that not only reveals God's heart of grace, but also models our own way of Christ-like love. It's a vision of the gospel that exposes violence, rather than supporting it--a gospel rooted in love of enemies, rather than retribution. The result is a nonviolent understanding of the atonement that is not only thoroughly biblical, but will help people struggling with their faith to encounter grace |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Physical Description: | xiii, 120 Seiten, 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4982-1528-2 1-4982-1528-9 978-1-62032-162-1 1-62032-162-9 |
