TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cousar,Charles B.
TI  - A theology of the Cross: the death of Jesus in the Pauline letters 
SN  - 0800615581
AV  - BT 453 C834 1990
PY  - 1990///
CY  - Minneapolis, MN
PB  - Fortress Press
KW  - BIBLE. N.T. EPISTLES OF PAUL
KW  - CRITICISM, INTERPRETATION, ETC
KW  - JESUS CHRIST
KW  - CRUCIFIXION
KW  - PAUL, THE APOSTLE, SAINT
KW  - CONTRIBUTIONS IN THEOLOGY OF THE CROSS
N1  - 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
ER  -