Stricken by God? Nonviolent Identification and the Victory of Christ

Alison, James and Kharalambos Anstall, Mark D. Baker, Sharon Baker, Anthony Bartlett, Marcus Borg, Ronald S. Dart, E. Robert Ekbald, Andrew P. Klager, Brita Miko, C.F.D. Moule, Wayne Northey, Nathan Rieger, Richard Rohr, Miroslav Volf, and J. Denny Weaver

ISBN 10: 080286287X / ISBN 13: 9780802862877

Published by William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Stricken by God? Nonviolent Identification and the Victory of Christ
• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 080286287X
• ISBN 13: 9780802862877
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Edition: First Thus.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Book Type: Used Book

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Synopsis

"We considered him stricken by God, but . . ." "We considered him stricken by God, but . . ." Did God really pour out his wrath against sin on his Son to satisfy his own need for justice? Or did God-in-Christ forgive the world even as it unleashed its wrath against him? Was Christ's sacrifice the ultimate fulfillment of God's demand for redemptive bloodshed? Or was the cross God's great "No" to that whole system? This distinctively panoramic volume offers fresh perspectives on these and other difficult questions reemerging throughout the church t o d a y .

About the Authors

Brad Jersak is a teacher with Fresh Wind Canada and theListening Prayer Community. He is also the author ofCan You Hear Me? Tuning In to the God Who Speaks.

Michael Hardin is the director of Preaching Peace, LLC, founder of the Institute for Peace Theology, and a memberof the Colloquium on Violence and Religion.