{"product_id":"the-nature-of-the-atonement-four-views-9780830825707","title":"The Nature of the Atonement: Four Views","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA long history of biblical exegesis and theological reflection has shaped our understanding of the atonement today.\u003c\/b\u003e The more prominent highlights of this history have acquired familiar names for the household of faith: \u003ci\u003eChristus Victor\u003c\/i\u003e, penal substitutionary, subjective, and governmental.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecently the penal substitutionary view, and particularly its misappropriations, has been critiqued, and a lively debate has taken hold within evangelicalism. This Spectrum Multiview volume offers a \"panel\" discussion of four views of atonement maintained by four evangelical scholars. The proponents and their views are: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGregory A. Boyd: \u003ci\u003eChristus Victor\u003c\/i\u003e view\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJoel B. Green: Kaleidescopic view\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBruce R. Reichenbach: Healing view\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThomas R. Schreiner: Penal Substitutionary view\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing an introduction written by the editors, each participant first puts forth the case for their view. Each view is followed by responses from the other three participants, noting points of agreement as well as disagreement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a book that will help Christians understand the issues, grasp the differences and proceed toward a clearer articulation of their understanding of the atonement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpectrum Multiview Books offer a range of viewpoints on contested topics within Christianity, giving contributors the opportunity to present their position and also respond to others in this dynamic publishing format.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGregory A. Boyd (Ph.D., Princeton Theological Seminary) is a pastor at Woodland Hills Church in St. Paul, Minnesota. Previously, he was a professor of theology at Bethel University, also in St. Paul. His books include \u003ci\u003e Recovering the Real Jesus in an Age of Revisionist Replies, Letters from a Skeptic, God of the Possible, Repenting of Religion, Seeing is Believing, Escaping the Matrix, The Jesus Legend, Myth of a Christian Nation, Is God to Blame, God at War\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSatan and the Problem of Evil\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas R. Schreiner is James Buchanan Harrison Professor of New Testament Interpretation and associate dean at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky. His other books include \u003ci\u003eThe Law and Its Fulfillment, Interpreting the Pauline Epistles\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRomans.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Beilby\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003ePaul R. Eddy\u003c\/b\u003e both teach theology at Bethel University, St. Paul, Minnesota. They also edited \u003ci\u003eDivine Foreknowledge: Four Views.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBruce R. Reichenbach (Ph.D. Northwestern University) is a professor of philosophy at Augsburg College in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He has also been a visiting professor at Juniata College, Daystar University in Kenya and Morija Theological Seminary in Lesotho. He is the author or coauthor of a number books, including \u003ci\u003eIntroduction to Critical Thinking, On Behalf of God: A Christian Ethic for Biology\u003c\/i\u003e (coauthored with V. Elving Anderson) and \u003ci\u003eEvil and a Good God.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul R. Eddy (Ph.D., Marquette University) is Professor of Theology at Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota. His books include \u003ci\u003eJohn Hick's Pluralist Philosophy of World Religions\u003c\/i\u003e (Ashgate), \u003ci\u003eAcross the Spectrum: Understanding Issues in Evangelical Theology\u003c\/i\u003e (with G. A. Boyd, Baker) and \u003ci\u003eDivine Foreknowledge: Four Views\u003c\/i\u003e (with James Beilby IVP).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoel B. Green (B.S., M.Th., Ph.D.) is professor of New Testament interpretation, Fuller Theological Seminary. He was vice president of academic affairs, provost and professor of New Testament interpretation at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky. Prior to his appointment at Asbury in 1997, he was associate professor of New Testament at the American Baptist Seminary of the West\/Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e His books include \u003ci\u003eWhat about the Soul? Neuroscience and Christian Anthropology\u003c\/i\u003e (Abingdon, 2004); \u003ci\u003eNarrative Reading, Narrative Preaching: The Recovery of Narrative and Preaching the New Testament\u003c\/i\u003e (Baker, 2003); \u003ci\u003eSalvation\u003c\/i\u003e (Chalice, 2003); \u003ci\u003eIntroducing the New Testament: Its Literature and Theology\u003c\/i\u003e (with Paul Achtemeier and Marianne Meye Thompson, 2001); \u003ci\u003eBeginning with Jesus: Christ in Scripture, the Church and Discipleship\u003c\/i\u003e (2000); \u003ci\u003eRecovering the Scandal of the Cross: Atonement in New Testament and Contemporary Contexts\u003c\/i\u003e (with Mark Baker, 2000); \u003ci\u003eBetween Two Horizons: Spanning New Testament Studies and Systematic Theology\u003c\/i\u003e (with Max Turner, 2000) and \u003ci\u003eThe Gospel of Luke\u003c\/i\u003e in the New International Commentary on the New Testament (1997). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e For over 20 years, Green has been the editor of \u003ci\u003eCatalyst, \u003c\/i\u003e a journal providing evangelical resources and perspectives to United Methodist seminarians. An ordained elder in the United Methodist Church, he has pastored churches in Texas, Scotland and Northern California. He has also served on the boards of Berkeley Emergency Food and Housing Project, and \u003ci\u003eRADIX\u003c\/i\u003e magazine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"IVP Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50675073253650,"sku":"9780830825707","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5c22ad8c-c0db-46f3-83a3-5b6c52402482.jpg?v=1733871291","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-nature-of-the-atonement-four-views-9780830825707","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}