A theology of the Cross : the death of Jesus in the Pauline letters / Charles B. Cousar.
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TextSeries: Overtures to Biblical Theology SeriesMinneapolis, MN : Fortress Press, ©1990Description: xiv, 194 p. ; 22 cmISBN: - 0800615581
- BT 453 C834 1990
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Editor's foreword --
Preface --
Abbreviations --
Introduction --
"Theology of the cross"
Ernst Kasemann on the death of Jesus --
Plan of the book --
Excursus: the language of crucifixion --
1. Jesus' death and God --
God revealed in the crucified Christ --
God's righteousness and Christ's faithfulness --
God's love in Christ's death --
Paul and the classis attributes of God --
Excursus: the crucified God --
2. Jesus' death and human sinfulness --
"Christ died for our sins" --
Three soteriological terms --
A Pauline "use" of the atonement --
Participation in Christ's death --
Reconciliation through Christ's death --
Paul and the historic views of the atonement --
3. Jesus' death and resurrection --
Christ the firstfruits (1Corinthians 15) --
Jesus' resurrection as God's saving event --
Jesus; resurrection as the promise of the future --
Jesus' resurrection in the life of believers --
The relation of the cross and resurrection --
4. Jesus' death and the people of God --
Redefining the people of God (Galatians 3) --
Proclaiming the Lord's death --
Christ's death and the purity of the community --
Conclusion --
Summary --
The unity of the church -
The holiness of the church --
5. Jesus' death and the Christian life --
Boasting in the cross --
Always carrying in the body the death of Jesus --
Conformity to Christ's death --
Crucified but alive, weak but powerful --
The suffering of the church --
Conclusion --
Theology and the cross --
The God revealed in the cross --
The cross as the church's norm --
The cross and God's grace --
The cross and God's victory
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