reappropriating the atonement tradition Boersma, Hans 1961- creator text bibliography miu Grand Rapids, Mich Baker Academic c2004 2004 monographic eng

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288 p. ; 24 cm. "In this study, Hans Boersma proposes an understanding of the atonement that is sensitive to both the Christian tradition and postmodern critiques of that tradition."--BOOK JACKET. PART 1. The divine face of hospitality. 1. The possibility of hospitality -- 2. Limited hospitality : election and violence in eternity -- 3. Preferential hospitality : election and violence in history -- PART 2. The cruciform face of hospitality. 4. Atonement, metaphors, and models -- 5. Modeling hospitality : atonement as moral influence -- 6. Atonement and mimetic violence -- 7. Hospitality, punishment, and the atonement -- 8. Atonement, violence, and victory -- PART 3. The public face of hospitality. 9. The church as the community of hospitality -- 10. Public justice and the hospitality of liberation -- Epilogue. The end of violence : eschatology and deification. Hans Boersma. Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-275) and indexes. Atonement Hospitality Religious aspects Christianity Violence Religious aspects Christianity BT265.3 .B64 2004 232/.3 9780801027208 0801027209 2004007697 DLC 040401 20170321090109.0 000025475759 eng