Atonement and Comparative Theology : : The Cross in Dialogue with Other Religions / / ed. by Catherine Cornille.

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• MitwirkendeR: Bidlack, Bede Benjamin,; Clooney, Francis X.,; Cornille, Catherine,; Courau, Thierry-Marie,; Heim, S. Mark,; Joslyn-Siemiatkoski, Daniel,; Lefebure, Leo D.,; Madigan S.J., Daniel A.,; Madigan, Daniel A.,; Moyaert, Marianne,; Ralston, Joshua,; Roberts, Michelle Voss,; Stosch, Klaus von,; Uzukwu, Elochukwu,
• HerausgeberIn: Cornille, Catherine,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Comparative Theology: Thinking Across Traditions ; 9
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 p.)

The central Christian belief in salvation through the suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ remains one of the most intractable mysteries of Christian faith. Throughout history, it has given rise to various theories of atonement, many of which have been subject to critique as they no lo...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• CONTENTS
• Introduction
• Why Atonement
• Who Needs It?
• Christian Atonement Enlightened by a Buddhist Perspective on Craving
• How Q 5:75 Can Help Christians Conceptualize Atonement
• Not for Myself Alone: Atonement and Penance After Daoism
• Suffering and the Scandal of the Cross
• God’s Suffering in the Hindu- Christian Gaze
• More Than Meets the Eye: The Cross as Maṇḍala
• Divine Suffering and Covenantal Belonging: Considering the Atonement with Heschel and Moltmann
• The Clash and Continuity of Interpretation of Redemptive Suffering Between African Religions and Christianity
• Rethinking Redemption
• Redemptive Suffering After the Shoah:
• Judgment on the Cross: Resurrection as Divine Vindication
• “At One or Not At One?”
• How Empty Is the Cross?
• Bibliography
• List of Contributors
• Index