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This book began to materialize in the 1960s and 1970s during clandestine seminars organized by the author for Czechoslovak thinkers who dared to ponder theological questions during the communist era. It therefore provides a revealing glimpse of some of the issues that were of concern to people living under the domination of both the Nazi and communist regimes. This aspect of the book is evident in its emphasis on questions of theodicy which are raised by the idea that Jesus' death was initiated by God. At the same time, the book is very much concerned with contemporary issues. By analyzing traditional understandings of the cross held by a number of prominent theologians, the author seeks to address the fact that classic theories of the atonement do not speak in a compelling way to today's secularized, post-Christian milieu. After examining perspectives that place central emphasis on the salvific consequence of Jesus' death, the author presents his own views regarding the significance that Jesus' life may have for the present age. He challenges his readers to venture a living interpretation of Scripture and explores the possibility that God's plan of salvation is most faithfully represented by the compassion and justice that Jesus modelled throughout his entire life.

Theology of the cross. --- Jesus Christ --- Crucifixion.

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Redemption --- Theology of the cross --- Christianity --- Jesus Christ --- Crucifixion.

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La muerte de Cristo fue entendida desde los inicios del cristianismo como el misterio central de redención. Muy tempranamente se extendió la idea de su valor expiatorio y la cruz se entendió a la luz del sacrificio de expiación hebreo. Para el hombre moderno esta lectura resulta difícil. ¿Dios Padre pide el sacrificio de su Hijo para conceder su perdón? ¿Cuál es el significado bíblico de la expiación y del sacrificio? La teología contemporánea se ha hecho cargo de estas preguntas y ha procurado responder desde las raíces mismas del mensaje bíblico. El autor ofrece una visión panorámica de la discusión actual y de los principales núcleos del debate. A la luz de las contribuciones más destacadas muestra el sentido bíblico y soteriológico de la muerte de Cristo como sacrificio de expiación.

Atonement. --- Sacrifice --- Theology of the cross. --- Christianity. --- Jesus Christ --- Knox, Ronald Arbuthnott, --- Crucifixion.

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"Everything that can be known about God is in some way present at the cross. The cross of Christ is the wood between the worlds. There is the world that was and the world to come, and in between those two worlds is the wood upon which the Son of God was hung. As in C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia, the wood between the worlds is a portal. In this world of sin and death we do not despair because we believe there is a portal that will transport us to a world where, in the beloved words of Lady Julian, "All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well.""--

Holy Cross --- God (Christianity) --- Theology of the cross --- Phenomenological theology --- Jesus Christ --- Crucifixion.