The Nature of the Atonement: Four Views

Book Overview

A long history of biblical exegesis and theological reflection has shaped our understanding of the atonement today. The more prominent highlights of this history have acquired familiar names for the household of faith: Christus Victor, penal substitutionary, subjective, and governmental.

Recently the penal substitutionary view, and particularly its misappropriations, has been critiqued, and a lively debate has taken hold within...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0830825703
• ISBN13: 9780830825707
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: IVP Academic
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"