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Cross Examinations: Readings on the Meaning of the Cross Today

Cross Examinations

Readings on the Meaning of the Cross Today

Marit A. Trelstad (Editor)

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In today's theological landscape the significance of the cross has become strongly affirmed and radically questioned. This exciting volume gathers theologians and historians who have thought through these critical and constructive issues: Do traditional understandings of the cross valorize suffering or violence? Are the older soteriological models, which see redemption as a kind of ransom or debt satisfaction, fitting for the contemporary worldview? Do they produce a piety that acquiesces in needless suffering, or does the cross precisely meet the massive suffering and injustice of today's world?

Following an expert introduction to the issues and options by editor Marit Trelstad, each author addresses the Christian symbol of the cross in the context of current theological, sociological, political, or environmental issues.

  • Publisher Fortress Press
  • Format Paperback
  • ISBN 9780800620462
  • Dimensions 6 x 9
  • Pages 336
  • Publication Date July 21, 2006

Contributors

The contributors are:
  • Delores Williams
  • Rita Nakashima Brock
  • Rosemary P. Carbine
  • Jay B. McDaniel
  • Jürgen Moltmann
  • Douglas John Hall
  • Deanna Thompson
  • Mary M. Solberg
  • Alicia Vargas
  • Cynthia Moe-Lobeda
  • James N. Poling
  • J. Denny Weaver
  • Susan L. Nelson
  • JoAnne Marie Terrell
  • Mark Lewis Taylor
  • Marit A. Trelstad
  • Mary J. Streufert
  • S. Mark Heim
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