{"product_id":"instead-of-atonement-paperback","title":"Instead of Atonement - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTed Grimsrud\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDo atonement theologies that focus on Jesus' death underwrite human violence? If so, we do well to rethink beliefs that this death is necessary to bring salvation. Focusing on the Bible's salvation story, Instead of Atonement argues for a logic of mercy to replace Christianity's traditional logic of retribution. The book traces the Bible's main salvation story through God's liberating acts, the testimony of the prophets, and Jesus's life and teaching. It then takes a closer look at Jesus's death and argues that his death gains its meaning when it exposes violence in the cultural, religious, and political Powers. God's raising of Jesus completes the story and vindicates Jesus's life and teaching. The book also examines the understandings of salvation in Romans and Revelation that reinforce the message that salvation is a gift of God and that Jesus's \"work\" has to do with his faithful life, his resistance to the Powers, and God's vindication of him through resurrection. The book concludes that the \"Bible's salvation story\" provides a different way, instead of atonement, to understand salvation. In turn, this biblical understanding gives us today theological resources for a mercy-oriented approach to responding to wrongdoing, one that follows God's own model.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTed Grimsrud is Professor of Theology and Peace Studies at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Among his books are \u003ci\u003eCompassionate Eschatology: The Future as Friend\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), \u003ci\u003eGod's Healing Strategy: An Introduction to the Main Themes of the Bible \u003c\/i\u003e(2011), \u003ci\u003eTheology as if Jesus Matters\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), and \u003ci\u003eEmbodying the Way of Jesus: Anabaptist Convictions for the Twenty-First Century\u003c\/i\u003e (2007).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 13, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47367196410105,"sku":"9781620325025","price":37.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/cUIycEFlWTl0WHpRSmV5UzdPTmFaZz09.webp?v=1769960022","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/instead-of-atonement-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}