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Theology of the Cross

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In Paul's epistles the crucifixion story reveals a God who is free and in no way bound by human categories or expectations. Yet God in Christ chooses to be engaged in the very depths of the human predicament. The message of the crucifixion is that God's power is manifested in weakness, not in strength. The author believes that this weakness as strength should be the focal point of the church's identity. However, a celebration of weakness is in complete opposition to traditional American beliefs in personal strength and a powerful church.

Ernst Ksemann ... has written on the theme of the cross] most poignantly and penetratingly. Because the cross is endlessly relentless in its claim and restless in its critical voice, however, even Ksemann's rendering is not final.

Cousar's book demonstrates that we can and must move beyond even Ksemann in our own obedient act of understanding and response to the cross. ... Cousar's careful adn acute exposition shows effectively that the cross cannot be contained in such a single category, but functions as a norm and singular definitional voice on a broad range of theological, interpretive, and ethical issues.from the Editor's Foreword, by Walter Brueggemann


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THEOLOGY OF THE CROSS

Format: Paperback
Pages: 208
Product Weight: 0.66 lbs
Translator: Cousar, Charles B.
Publication Date: 1990-05-01
Language: English
Series: Overtures to Biblical Theology
Publisher: 1517 MEDIA
Dewey Decimal Classification: 232.963
Number of Units in Package: 1

ISBN: 9780800615581