Consuming Passion

By: Jonathan Bartley Simon Barrow

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0232526079
• ISBN13: 9780232526073
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Darton Longman and Todd
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.5" x 5.3"

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Why the Passion is Good News

Consuming Passion is a collection of essays that examine the link between the meaning of the cross and Jesus' crucifixion and Mel Gibson's film the Passion of the Christ. In particular the essays, while often using this film as a platform for the discussions focus on two (inter-related) subjects: i) The use of religious motifs in contemporary justification of war ii) The theological/ethical problems of the penal substitution theory of the atonement The editors have done a very good job in ensuring that this book is as accessible to as wide an audience as possible; this is helped by the strong personal feel of the essays. The authors are often reflecting theologically on how the murder of this Jewish Rabbi has affected and challenged them. The result is a collection of essays that raise significant questions to predominant understandings of Jesus' mission in which the death of Jesus overshadows both his life and resurrection. The authors unanimously assert that that the Christian understanding of the murder of Jesus should be a political one that should call us to identification with the powerless of the world. In particular I would recommend the essays by Giles Fraser, Ched Myers, Michael Northcott and Simon Barrow. Definitely recommended.