The Actuality of Atonement: A Study of Metaphor, Rationality, and the Christian Tradition - Hardcover

Gunton, Colin E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 080283664X ISBN 13: 9780802836649

Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co, 1989

Synopsis

In a reissue of a masterly examination of both the Christian doctrine of Atonement and the nature and working of theological language, Professor Gunton reassesses the doctrine and the language in which it is expressed in the light of modern scholarly developments. He explains how the traditional metaphors of Atonement, drawn from the battlefield, the altar and the law courts, all express something of the meaning of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus—and examines their bearing on human life in today’s world.

About this title

About the Author:

Colin E. Gunton (1941-2003) was a British systematic theologian. He made contributions to the doctrine of Creation and the doctrine of the Trinity. He was professor of Christian Doctrine at King's College London, UK from 1984 until his death.

Review:

'. . . a thought-provoking challenge for all Christians'.
Christoph Schwöbel

'. . . a thought-provoking challenge for all Christians'.
Christoph Schwöbel

About this edition

• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 080283664X
• ISBN 13: 9780802836649
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 222