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This interdisciplinary study follows an international and ecumenical meeting of twenty-one scholars held in New York at Easter 2003: the Redemption Summit. After an opening chapter, which explores seven central questions for writers on redemption, five chapters are dedicated to the scriptural roots of the doctrine. A section on the patristic and medieval periods then examines the interpretation of redemption through the centuries. The volume moves on to foundational
and systematic issues: the problem of horrendous evil, karma and grace, and differing views on justification. Studies on the redemption in literature, art, music, and preaching form the final part.
There is a fruitful dialogue between experts in a wide range of areas and the international reputation of the participants reflects and guarantees the high quality of this joint work. The result is a well researched, skilfully argued, and, at times, provocative volume on the central Christian belief: the redemption of human beings through Jesus Christ.
This interdisciplinary study follows an international and ecumenical meeting of twenty-one scholars held in New York at Easter 2003: the Redemption Summit. After an opening chapter, which explores seven central questions for writers on redemption, five chapters are dedicated to the scriptural roots of the doctrine. A section on the patristic and medieval periods then examines the interpretation of redemption through the centuries. The volume moves on to foundational
and systematic issues: the problem of horrendous evil, karma and grace, and differing views on justification. Studies on the redemption in literature, art, music, and preaching form the final part.
There is a fruitful dialogue between experts in a wide range of areas and the international reputation of the participants reflects and guarantees the high quality of this joint work. The result is a well researched, skilfully argued, and, at times, provocative volume on the central Christian belief: the redemption of human beings through Jesus Christ.
1: Gerald O'Collins, SJ: Redemption: Some Crucial Issues
Biblical Questions
2: Christopher Seitz: Reconciliation and the Plain Sense Witness of
Scripture
3: Gordon D. Fee: Paul and the Metaphors for Salvation: Some
Reflections on Pauline Soteriology
4: N. T. Wright: Redemption from the New Perspective? Towards a
Multi-Layered Pauline Theology of the Cross
5: Jean-Noël Aletti, SJ: `God Made Christ to be Sin' (2 Corinthians
5: 21): Reflections on a Pauline Paradox
6: Peter Ochs: Israel's Redeemer is the One to Whom and with Whom
She Prays
Patristic and Medieval Periods
7: Brian Daley, SJ: `He Himself is Our Peace' (Ephesians 2: 14):
Early Christian Views of Redemption in Christ
8: Caroline Walker Bynum: The Power in the Blood: Sacrifice,
Satisfaction, and Substitution in Late Medieval Soteriology
Foundational and Systematic Issues
9: Eleonore Stump: Narrative and the Problem of Evil: Suffering and
Redemption
10: Stephen T. Davis: Karma, Salvation, and Grace
11: C. Stephen Evans: Catholic-Protestant Views of Justification:
How Should Christians View Theological Disagreement?
The Redemption Practised and Proclaimed
12: Robert Kiely: `Graven with an Iron Pen': The Persistence of
Redemption as a Theme in Literature and Art
13: David Brown: Images of Redemption in Art and Music
14: Marguerite Shuster: The Redemption of the Created Order:
Sermons on Romans 8: 18-25
Stephen T. Davis is Professor of the Philosophy of Religion,
Claremont McKenna College, California.
Daniel Kendall, SJ is Professor of Theology, University of San
Francisco. Gerald O'Collins, SJ is Professor of Systematic and
Fundamental Theology, Gregorian University, Rome.
`While the depth of scholarshipin this collection undoubtedly
commends it principally to those with a formal theological
background, the chief merit of the book is that there is also much
that will appeal tothe informed general reader.'
New Directions
`I would recommend this book highly to all involved professionally
in the study of redemption...'
The Furrow
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