The Politics of Redemption: The Social Logic of Salvation

by Adam Kotsko (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2010

  $217.21

  Presents a theory of the atonement, showing that the Christian account of salvation can only fully make sense if approached from a social-political angle. This title analyses some of the most important and original contributors to the tradition of atonement theory (Irenaeus, Gregory of Nyssa, Anselm, and Abelard).

• New

  Paperback
  2010

  $42.70

  Recent decades have witnessed an explosion of new perspectives on 'atonement theory', the traditional name for reflections on the meaning of Christ's work. This book demonstrates that pre-modern theologians also understood Christ's role in a fundamentally social way.