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Jesus our redeemer : a Christian approach to salvation / Gerald O'Collins.
LIBRA BT203 .O26 2007
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Collins, Gerald.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jesus Christ--Person and offices.
- Jesus Christ.
- Redemption.
- Physical Description:
- x, 280 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
- Summary:
- An examination of what Christians mean when they call Jesus their Redeemer' or Savior.' Gerald O'Collins draws upon the scriptures, Christian hymns and texts for worship, literature, the visual arts, and other sources to explore his theme.
- Contents:
- Terms and images
- The creative Word and last Adam
- The human condition
- Original sin and children
- The whole story of redemption
- Redemption as deliverance from evil
- Penal substitution theories
- Redemption as cleansing through Christ's sacrifice
- Redemption as transforming love
- The Holy Spirit, the risen Christ and the church
- The salvation of non-Christians
- Bodily resurrection and the transformation of the world
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [271]-273) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780199203130
- 019920313X
- 9780199203123
- 0199203121
- OCLC:
- 71541571
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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