atonement

Underneath this question lies layer upon layer of ever more troubling theological questions.

Being a community means welcoming those with diverse views, not cocooning oneself with like-minded people.

New books about the New Testament

In the substitution theory, God simply does stuff for us. What about the relational God of the Bible?

The satisfaction theory of atonement offers my incarcerated students something the substitution theory does not: a way to make amends and be restored.

David McLachlan proposes a participatory atonement in which God engages creation’s contingency and vulnerability.

Christians have an opportunity to transform a faith that has fueled genocide, slavery, war, and kleptocracy.

Sometimes sacrifice is an act of love.

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Pope Francis’s response to the killing of a French priest puzzled some. But it pointed to the true nature of Christian witness.

Belief in the incarnation places suffering bodies within the realm of Christian responsibility.

Much of what Christianity has long been saying about the cross of Christ is problematic. So what is to be done about it?

For there to be a heresy about the cross, there would have to be an orthodoxy about it. Michael Gorman argues that contentions over how Jesus saves lead to an inadequate grasp of what the Passion means and does.

Jonathan Merritt writes books and articles that change people. He’s a senior writer for the Religion News Service and just last week, he won the 2014 Religion Commentary of the Year from the Religion Newswriters Association. 

John Morreall's book is modeled after Peter Abelard's Sic et Non. Morreall wants Christians to ask questions of their beliefs and practices.

In Sunday school I colored in Jesus’ crown of thorns, brown for brambles and red for dripping blood.

For Sharon Baker, theological consistency is essential, because “our perception of God influences how we behave.”

A runner is stranded on base, in a far country, unable to get home on his own. The batter bunts, aiming to obey the manager.

In every age, the crucifixion has compelled artists with its raw human drama, as well as with its deeper meaning.