This is a new theory of the atonement, showing that the Christian
account of salvation can only fully make sense if approached from a
social-political angle. Recent decades have witnessed an explosion
of new perspectives on 'atonement theory', the traditional name for
reflections on the meaning of Christ's work. These new theologies
view Christ as a political figure and mobilize social theory to
understand the contemporary context and Christ's meaning for that
context. "Politics of Redemption" demonstrates that pre-modern
theologians also understood Christ's role in a fundamentally social
way. The argument proceeds by analysing the most important and
original contributors to the tradition of atonement theory
(Irenaeus, Gregory of Nyssa, Anselm, and Abelard). The
investigation reveals that they all work within a shared
social-relational logic based on the solidarity of all human beings
and the irreducible relatedness of humanity and the rest of
creation. Having brought this social-relational logic to the
surface, the work concludes by sketching out a fresh atonement
theory as a way of showing that our understanding of Christ's work
and of its relevance for our life together is enriched by
foregrounding the question of how creation, and particularly the
human social sphere, is structured.
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