{"product_id":"the-politics-of-redemption-the-social-logic-of-salvation-9780567185662","title":"The Politics of Redemption The Social Logic of Salvation","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecent decades have witnessed an explosion of new perspectives on 'atonement theory', the traditional name for reflections on the meaning of Christ's work. This book demonstrates that pre-modern theologians also understood Christ's role in a fundamentally social way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this wonderfully readable and provocative book Adam Kotsko carefully examines the major texts of the tradition to demonstrate that the coherence of atonement theories depends upon a social-relational view of the human being.  On this basis he offers a rethinking of atonement that fruitfully engages the contemporary controversies about this doctrine and opens up new paths for theological reflection. -- Theodore W. Jennings, Jr, Professor of Biblical and Constructive Theology, Chicago Theological Seminary, IL, USA.\u003cbr\u003eAn indispensable contribution to the thorny  theory of atonement.  Hip to the feminist critique, inflected by  the postmodern return to political theology, and steeped in the depths and  potentialities of the doctrinal tradition, Kotsko's   relational ontology for the doctrine of  redemption offers a lucid and erudite resource for  a wide spectrum of Christian theology. -- Catherine Keller, Professor of Constructive Theology, Author of Face of the Deep and On the Mystery.\u003cbr\u003eKotsko does offer a very intriguing perspective on atonement. * Studies in Religion\/ Sciences Religieuses *\u003cbr\u003e...Kotsko has the makings of a constructive perspective replete with connections, not only to the theological past and present but to the recent conclusions of other disciplines as well. * Journal of Religion *\u003cbr\u003eThis book stands to contribute greatly to church growth scholarship as it represents a much-needed demystification of planting churches and offers a more foundational look at the motivation and method behind church planting. * Religious Studies Review, Vol. 37, Issue 4 *\u003cbr\u003eThe text is not only eminently readable, but makes a genuinely interesting and creative theological argument. -- Adonis Vidu, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary * Reviews in Religion and Theology *\u003cbr\u003eKotsko's writing is quite clear, concise, and engaging. His writing  style makes the argument of the book easy to follow while allowing its  profundity to break through...\u003ci\u003eThe Politics of Redemption\u003c\/i\u003e is a  text that should be read by all theologians in order to gain a better  understanding of the atonement while also seeing where the doctrine may  open new avenues of thought: thus, Kotsko offers a major theological  achievement. -- Nathan Crawford * Anglican Theological Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1: Thinking relationally; Chapter 2: Questioning atonement; Chapter 3: Reclaiming the tradition; Chapter 4: Irenaeus; Chapter 5: Gregory of Nyssa; Chapter 6: Anselm; Chapter 7: Abelard; Chapter 8: Community and related questions; Chapter 9: Politics of Redemption.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767782998359,"sku":"9780567185662","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780567185662.jpg?v=1758714889","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-politics-of-redemption-the-social-logic-of-salvation-9780567185662","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}