Passion of Christ, passion of the world :
Boff, Leonardo
Passion of Christ, passion of the world : the facts, their interpretation, and their meaning yesterday and today / Leonardo Boof; translated from the Portuguese by Robert R. Barr. - xiii ; 146 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
I. Problem and formulations --
Guiding interest of this investigation --
Guiding interest of the gospel accounts of Jesus' passion --
Guiding interest of our reading of Jesus' passion --
II. Jesus' death as consequence of a Praxis and a message --
Jesus' historical project --
III. Jesus' death as a crime --
The original passion account subsequently augmented by Mark --
Jesus' journey to Jerusalem --
Entry into Jerusalem --
Purification of the temple --
Last supper --
Temptation in Gethsemani --
Trial and sentencing --
Crucifixion --
IV. How did Jesus interpret His death? --
Jesus' attitude toward the prospect of a violent death --
How had Jesus pictured the outcome? --
An attempt at a reconstruction of Jesus' historical path --
The transcendent meaning of Jesus' death --
V. Ultimate meaning of the death of Christ: resurrection --
VI. Interpretations of Christ's death by the primitive Christian communities --
Common destiny of the prophets and the just: violent death --
A crucified Messiah? --
The death of Christ as expiation and sacrifice --
The death of Christ as expiation and sacrifice --
The death of Christ in the theological reflections of Saint Paul --
Letter to the Hebrews: Christ's death as sacrifice --
VII. Main interpretations of Christ's death in theological tradition: validities and invalidities --
What in Jesus Christ is properly redemptive: the beginning (the incarnation) or the end (the cross)? --
Inadequacies of these images of redemption --
First model: expiatory sacrifice for the sins of His people --
Second model: redemption as ransom - "Crushed for our iniquities" --
Third model: vicarious satisfaction - "By His bruises we are healed" --
Jesus Christ: liberator in solidarity will all humankind --
VIII. Cross and death in theology today --
Still an open question --
Theologies of the cross today --
Convergences and divergences in the various positions --
The cross as the death of all systems --
IX. Suffering born of the struggle against suffering --
Mysterium et Passio Liberationis --
What makes suffering worthy? --
Mystery of the passion of the world --
X. How to preach the cross of Jesus Christ today --
XI. Conclusion-the cross: mystery and mysticism --
Bibliographic references --
Scripture
0883445638
Acc#27332
JESUS CHRIST--CRUCIFIXION
PASSION NARRATIVES (GOSPELS)--CRITICISM, INTERPRETATION, ETC.
ATONEMENT
BT 453 / B63 1987
Passion of Christ, passion of the world : the facts, their interpretation, and their meaning yesterday and today / Leonardo Boof; translated from the Portuguese by Robert R. Barr. - xiii ; 146 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
I. Problem and formulations --
Guiding interest of this investigation --
Guiding interest of the gospel accounts of Jesus' passion --
Guiding interest of our reading of Jesus' passion --
II. Jesus' death as consequence of a Praxis and a message --
Jesus' historical project --
III. Jesus' death as a crime --
The original passion account subsequently augmented by Mark --
Jesus' journey to Jerusalem --
Entry into Jerusalem --
Purification of the temple --
Last supper --
Temptation in Gethsemani --
Trial and sentencing --
Crucifixion --
IV. How did Jesus interpret His death? --
Jesus' attitude toward the prospect of a violent death --
How had Jesus pictured the outcome? --
An attempt at a reconstruction of Jesus' historical path --
The transcendent meaning of Jesus' death --
V. Ultimate meaning of the death of Christ: resurrection --
VI. Interpretations of Christ's death by the primitive Christian communities --
Common destiny of the prophets and the just: violent death --
A crucified Messiah? --
The death of Christ as expiation and sacrifice --
The death of Christ as expiation and sacrifice --
The death of Christ in the theological reflections of Saint Paul --
Letter to the Hebrews: Christ's death as sacrifice --
VII. Main interpretations of Christ's death in theological tradition: validities and invalidities --
What in Jesus Christ is properly redemptive: the beginning (the incarnation) or the end (the cross)? --
Inadequacies of these images of redemption --
First model: expiatory sacrifice for the sins of His people --
Second model: redemption as ransom - "Crushed for our iniquities" --
Third model: vicarious satisfaction - "By His bruises we are healed" --
Jesus Christ: liberator in solidarity will all humankind --
VIII. Cross and death in theology today --
Still an open question --
Theologies of the cross today --
Convergences and divergences in the various positions --
The cross as the death of all systems --
IX. Suffering born of the struggle against suffering --
Mysterium et Passio Liberationis --
What makes suffering worthy? --
Mystery of the passion of the world --
X. How to preach the cross of Jesus Christ today --
XI. Conclusion-the cross: mystery and mysticism --
Bibliographic references --
Scripture
0883445638
Acc#27332
JESUS CHRIST--CRUCIFIXION
PASSION NARRATIVES (GOSPELS)--CRITICISM, INTERPRETATION, ETC.
ATONEMENT
BT 453 / B63 1987