The Politics of Redemption The Social Logic of Salvation [Hardcover]

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1: Thinking relationally

'Religionless Christianity' and community

Ontology and 'being-with'

A social-relational reading of atonement theory

Chapter 2: Questioning atonement

Feminist and womanist perspectives

Theology and social theory

A case study: The question of redemptive suffering

Chapter 3: Reclaiming the tradition

Violent hospitality: Boersma

Narrative, not ontology: Weaver

Divine unilateralism: Aulen

Chapter 4: Irenaeus

Redemption as recapitulation

One human race

The principle of persuasion

The togetherness of God and creation

Chapter

5: Gregory of Nyssa

Birth and resurrection

Sensible and intelligible

Dealing with the devil

Chapter 6: Anselm

Variations on a theme

Displacing the devil

Original sin and its avoidance

Making the payment

'Out of love of the debtor?'

Chapter 7: Abelard

What is Abelard's atonement theory?

Implications: Publicity and han

Predestination and free will

Chapter 8: Community and related questions

An outstanding question

Predestination and community: Karl Barth

Representation and community: Dorothee Soelle

Religionless vs. demythologizing interpretation

Chapter 9: Politics of redemption

The ontology

The problem: Possession and rule

The solution: A persuasive fearlessness

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