the Bible's salvation story and our hope for wholeness Grimsrud, Ted 1954- creator text bibliography Electronic books. oru Eugene, Or Cascade Books c2013 2013 monographic eng

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1 online resource (x, 270 p.) "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 Ted Grimsrud. Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-249) and indexes. Salvation Christianity Atonement Jesus Christ Person and offices Nonviolence Religious aspects Christianity RELIGION / Christian Theology / Christology BT265.3 .G74 2013eb 232.3 Grimsrud, Ted, 1954- Eugene, Or. : Cascade Books, c2013 (DLC) 2012285699 (OCoLC)838416334 9781621895794 (electronic bk.) 1621895793 (electronic bk.) http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=612540 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=612540 N$T 130814 20200709055910.0 ocn855786667