The Atonement Debate: Papers from the London Symposium on the Theology of Atonement

by I. Howard Marshall, Christopher J.H. Wright, Steve Chalke

Book Overview

Recent days have seen a debate among evangelicals over how the death of Christ is to be interpreted. When a popular British evangelical leader appeared to denounce the idea that God was punishing Christ in our place on the cross as a "twisted version of events," "morally dubious," and a "huge barrier to faith" that should be rejected in favour of preaching only that God is love, major controversy was stirred. Many thought the idea of penal substitution...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0310273390
• ISBN13: 9780310273394
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Zondervan Academic
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up