{"product_id":"latterday-saint-perspectives-on-atonement-9780252087554","title":"Latterday Saint Perspectives on Atonement","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew approaches to a central area of Latter-day Saint belief\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and other Christians have always shared a fundamental belief in the connection between personal salvation and the suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. While having faith in and experiencing the atonement of Christ remains a core tenet for Latter-day Saints, some thinkers have in recent decades reconsidered traditional understandings of atonement. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Deidre Nicole Green and Eric D. Huntsman edit a collection that brings together multiple and diverse approaches to thinking about Latter-day Saint views on this foundational area of theology. The essayists draw on and go beyond a wide range of perspectives, classical atonement theories, and contemporary reformulations of atonement theory. The first section focuses on scriptural and historical foundations while the second concentrates on theological explorations. Together, the contributors evaluate what is\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This is a landmark work that fills a desperate need for more serious attention to philosophy and theology in the Mormon tradition.”--Matthew Bowman, author of \u003ci\u003eChristian: The Politics of a Word in America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Abbreviations \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Introduction: Atonement in Latter-day Saint Scripture and Thought \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Part I. Scriptural and Historical Foundations \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 1. Atonement in the Old Testament: Implications for Latter-day Saints \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e T. Benjamin Spackman \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 2. Latter-day Saints and the Atonement in the New Testament \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Eric D. Huntsman \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 3. “He Shall Find Satisfaction Through His Knowledge”: Atonement in Early Christianity and the Middle Ages \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Ariel Bybee Laughton \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 4. “Atonement” in the Book of Mormon \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Nicholas J. Frederick \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 5. Saving the House of Israel: Collective Atonement in the Book of Mormon \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Sharon J. Harris \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 6. “This Perfect Atonement”: Agency, Law, Theosis, and Atonement Theology \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e J. B. Haws \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 7. “I have, to be sure, been called to drink deep of the bitter cup”: Nineteenth-Century Latter-day Saint Women and Atonement \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Jennifer Reeder \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Part II. Theological Explorations \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 8. “Notes on Life, Grace, and Atonement” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Adam S. Miller \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 9. Atonement and Retributive Justice \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Fiona Givens \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 10. Relational Atonement: Groundwork \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Benjamin Keogh \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 11. One Prophet’s Vision of a Non-Violent Atonement: The Book of Mormon as Theological Resource \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Joseph M. Spencer \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 12. Enveloping Grace \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Deidre Nicole Green \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Bibliography \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Contributors \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Index \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400525390167,"sku":"9780252087554","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252087554.jpg?v=1730470897","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/latterday-saint-perspectives-on-atonement-9780252087554","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}