World Christianity as Public Religion (World Christianity and Public Religion)

Raimundo Barreto; Ronaldo Cavalcante; Wanderley P. da Rosa

ISBN 10: 1506433715 / ISBN 13: 9781506433714

Published by Fortress Press, 2017

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: World Christianity as Public Religion (World Christianity and Public Religion)
• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1506433715
• ISBN 13: 9781506433714
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 13 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

"Theology of the Cross" is an important site of religious reflectionand controversy, especially today. Westhelle repeatedly uncoversthe evasions - personal, social, religious, and even theological - bywhich we skirt the sharp challenge that the Cross and sufferinglove pose to a culture, lifestyle, and economy that avoid sufferingand evade love. And he challenges every Christian to embraceJesus' cross to find our own resurrection.

About the Author

Until his untimely death in 2018, Vitor Westhelle was professor of systematic theology at Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. A prolific writer and teacher, he was author of several books, including The Scandalous God: The Use and Abuse of the Cross (Fortress, 2006), and co-editor of several others.