A community called atonement / Scot McKnight.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McKnight, Scot.

Series:

Living theology.

Living theology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mission of the church.

Atonement.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (194 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Nashville, TN : Abingdon Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A compelling re-examination of the doctrine of atonement that, while biblically and theologically grounded, moves beyond traditional categories to invite the reader to live out Christ's atonement as a way of life.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""INTRODUCTION TO LIVING THEOLOGY""; ""PREFACE""; ""PROLOGUE""; ""ATONEMENT: THE QUESTION, A STORY, AND OUR CHOICE""; ""Atonement and Convergence: Where to Begin?""; ""WITH JESUS, OF COURSE!""; ""WITH GOD, WITH EIKONS, AND WITH SIN, TOO""; ""WITH ETERNITY, WITH ECCLESIAL COMMUNITY, AND WITH PRAXIS, TOO""; ""Atonement and Image: With Which Image?""; ""ATONEMENT AS METAPHOR: METAPHOR AND MECHANICS""; ""THE MYSTERY OF OUR METAPHORS: AN EXERCISE IN POSTMODERN HUMILITY""; ""ATONING MOMENTS: CRUX SOLA?""; ""ATONING MOMENTS: INCARNATION AS SECOND ADAM""

""ATONING MOMENTS: CRUCIFIXION""""ATONING MOMENTS: EASTER AND PENTECOST""; ""Atonement as Story: Whose Story?""; ""THE STORY OF JESUS: PASSOVER""; ""THE STORY OF PAUL: IN THE COURTROOM OF GOD""; ""THE STORY OF EARLY THEOLOGIANS: IRENAEUS AND ATHANASIUS""; ""WHICH IS THE FAIREST OF THEM ALL?""; ""Atonement as Praxis: Who Does Atonement?""; ""ATONEMENT AS MISSIONAL PRAXIS: FELLOWSHIP""; ""ATONEMENT AS MISSIONAL PRAXIS: JUSTICE""; ""ATONEMENT AS MISSIONAL PRAXIS: MISSIONAL""; ""ATONEMENT AS MISSIONAL PRAXIS: LIVING THE STORY OF THE WORD""

""ATONEMENT AS MISSIONAL PRAXIS: BAPTISM, EUCHARIST, AND PRAYER""""BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE""; ""NOTES""; ""SUBJECT INDEX""; ""SCRIPTURE INDEX""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-168) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-4267-1335-5

OCLC:

694147488