The book offers a defence of a mediatorial interpretation of the
atonement, that is one in which Christ is held to have become as we
are, so that he might on our behalf make peace with God. It is
argued that such an interpretation is not one of a number of valid
descriptions of Christ's saving work, but the normative redemptive
account. The erosion of this classic view of the atonement can be
explained partly by a number of developments that have taken place
in theological thought during the past two hundred years. These
include the emergence of a Christology in which Christ's divinity
is linked to his saving ministry; a new interpretation of Pauline
theology in which issues of justification are held to be secondary
to those of participation; a return to the more dualistic
world-view of the Church Fathers; difficulties with the concept of
divine judgement; and a culture of relativism in which a unified or
coherent account of the atonement not only no longer seems
possible, but is generally not even considered desirable. The book
achieves its purpose by engaging critically with these various
theological ideas. It is as much a clearing of the undergrowth from
the foundations of soteriology as it is the construction of a
coherent account of Christ Jesus as the one mediator between God
and us. It goes on to consider the relation of such an account to
the proclamation of the gospel and the response required of its
hearers.
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