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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465596603321

Autore

Leithart Peter J.

Titolo

Delivered from the elements of the world : atonement, justification, mission / / Peter J. Leithart

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Downers Grove, Illinois : , : IVP Academic, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-8308-9971-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (372 p.)

Disciplina

234/.5

Soggetti

Atonement

Justification (Christian theology)

Mission of the church

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Atonement as social theory -- Under the elements of the world -- The physics of the old creation -- Among Gentiles: an ancient Jewish travelogue -- Flesh -- What Torah does -- Good news of God's justice -- The justice of God -- The faith of Jesus Christ -- Justification -- Justified by the faith of Jesus -- Justified from the elements -- Contributions to a theology of mission -- In ranks with the spirit -- Outside the Christian era -- Galatian church, Galatian age -- Cur Deus Homo? -- The metaphysics of atonement: natural and supernatural -- Nature, the supernatural and justification -- Atonement by deliverdict: Romans.

Sommario/riassunto

In this wide-ranging study bursting with insights, Peter Leithart explores how and why Jesus' death and resurrection addresses the deepest realities of this world. This biblical and theological examination of atonement and justification challenges conventional perceptions and probes the depths of the death that changes everything.