The cross is central to understanding Christian theology. But is it possible that our postmodern setting requires a new model of understanding the cross?
Hans Boersma's Violence, Hospitality, and the Cross proposes an understanding of the atonement that is sensitive both to the Christian tradition and to the postmodern critiques of that tradition. His fresh approach draws on the rich resources of the Christian tradition in its portrayal of God's hospitality in Jesus Christ.
Introduction
Part 1: The Divine Face of Hospitality
1. The Possibility of Hospitality
2. Limited Hospitality: Election and Violence in Eternity
3. Preferential Hospitality: Election and Violence in History
Part 2: The Cruciform Face of Hospitality
4. Atonement, Metaphors, and Models
5. Modeling Hospitality: Atonement as Moral Influence
6. Atonement and Mimetic Violence
7. Hospitality, Punishment, and the Atonement
8. Atonement, Violence, and Victory
Part 3: The Public Face of Hospitality
9. The Church as the Community
of Hospitality
10. Public Justice and the Hospitality
of Liberation
Epilogue
Indexes
