TY - BOOK AU - Boff,Leonardo TI - Passion of Christ, passion of the world: the facts, their interpretation, and their meaning yesterday and today SN - 0883445638 AV - BT 453 B63 1987 PY - 1987/// CY - Manila, Philippines PB - Divine Word Publications KW - JESUS CHRIST KW - CRUCIFIXION KW - PASSION NARRATIVES (GOSPELS) KW - CRITICISM, INTERPRETATION, ETC KW - ATONEMENT N1 - 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 ER -