02966nam a2200457Ia 4500 ocn855786667 OCoLC 20200709055910.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 130814s2013 oru ob 001 0 eng d N$T N$T 9781621895794 (electronic bk.) 1621895793 (electronic bk.) 1620325020 9781620325025 (OCoLC)855786667 612540 (N$T) BT265.3 .G74 2013eb REL 067040 bisacsh 232.3 23 N$TA Grimsrud, Ted, 1954- Instead of atonement [electronic resource] : the Bible's salvation story and our hope for wholeness / Ted Grimsrud. Eugene, Or. : Cascade Books, c2013. 1 online resource (x, 270 p.) Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-249) and indexes. "Do atonement theologies that focus on Jesus's death underwrite human violence? If so, we do well to rethink beliefs that this death is necessary to bring salvation. Focusing on the Bible's salvation story, Instead of Atonement argues for a logic of mercy to replace Christianity's traditional logic of retribution. The book traces the Bible's main salvation story through God's liberating acts, the testimony of the prophets, and Jesus's life and teaching. It then takes a closer look at Jesus's death and argues that his death gains its meaning when it exposes violence in the cultural, religious, and political Powers. God's raising of Jesus completes the story and vindicates Jesus's life and teaching. The book also examines the understandings of salvation in Romans and Revelation that reinforce the message that salvation is a gift of God and that Jesus's "work" has to do with his faithful life, his resistance to the Powers, and God's vindication of him through resurrection. The book concludes that the "Bible's salvation story" provides a different way, instead of atonement, to understand salvation. In turn, this biblical understanding gives us today theological resources for a mercy-oriented approach to responding to wrongdoing, one that follows God's own model." -- Publisher Description based on print version record. Salvation Christianity. Atonement. Jesus Christ Person and offices. Nonviolence Religious aspects Christianity. RELIGION / Christian Theology / Christology bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Grimsrud, Ted, 1954- Instead of atonement. Eugene, Or. : Cascade Books, c2013 9781620325025 (DLC) 2012285699 (OCoLC)838416334 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=612540 EBSCOhost EBSC 612540 cpp2010 02 N$T 53585 53585