Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D)--University of Auckland, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-315) and index.

Recent conceptions of the theology of the cross : reviewing the secondary literature -- The classical epistemology of the cross -- The classical soteriology of the cross -- Identifying the classical theologia crucis, its dogmatic shape, theological content, and the marks characterizing its theologians -- Excursus: The systematic foundation of the Heidelberg disputation -- From Luther to Barth -- Recent conceptions of the theology of the cross in Karl Barth : reviewing the secondary literature -- Karl Barth's modern epistemology of the cross -- Karl Barth's modern soteriology of the cross -- In final conclusion.

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In this volume New Zealand theologian Rosalene Bradbury argues convincingly that tethered to the tradition that gave rise to it, the term theologia crucis references a theological system centered around notions of false and true glory, and an ancient conviction that from the cross of Jesus Christ comes a revelatory and a saving Word.