For Our Salvation: Two Approaches to the Work of Christ - Softcover

Wainwright, Professor Of Systematic Theology Geoffrey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802808468 ISBN 13: 9780802808462

Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1997

Synopsis

Central to Christianity is the work of Christ as savior of the world. In this book Geoffrey Wainwright presents the classical confession of Christ's incarnation and atoning work in ways that allow the gospel message to engage with contemporary culture. Amid social tendencies both to disown our physical nature and to be absorbed in it, Wainwright first argues that a comprehensively biblical doctrine of the Word made flesh will help to school our bodily senses as befits earthly creatures with a spiritual destiny. The incarnation shows God reaching us through sound, sight, taste, touch, and scent and inviting us to a rounded response of intellect, affections, and action. In the second half of the book the traditional description of Christ's saving work in terms of his prophetic, priestly, and royal offices is brought to bear on current concerns with knowledge and meaning, with power and authority, and with the pain of alienation and the possibility of redemption. Widely known and highly regarded in both the church and the academy, Wainwright here draws on his familiarity with doctrinal and liturgical history and his decades of experience in the ecumenical movement to offer two complementary accounts of Christ's saving work that will appeal to all who are committed to the cause of evangelical and catholic Christianity.

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The work of Christ as savior of the world is central to Christianity. In this book respected scholar and churchman Geoffrey Wainwright presents the classical confession of Christ's incarnation and atoning work in ways that allow the gospel message to engage with contemporary culture.

Edition details

• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802808468
• ISBN 13: 9780802808462
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200