Past Event and Present Salvation: The Christian Idea of Atonement

by Paul S. Fiddes

Book Overview

How can an event that has taken place in the past have an effect upon the human experience of salvation in the present? In examining one of the essential questions of the Christian faith, Paul S. Fiddes explores the limits as well as the gains to be made in speaking about crucifixion as a historical event, and considers the relationship of the crucifixion to the continuing process of God's saving activity. He considers the relevance of a past act...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 066425036X
• ISBN13: 9780664250362
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.6"