{"product_id":"the-victory-of-the-cross-salvation-in-eastern-orthodoxy-9780830852567","title":"The Victory of the Cross: Salvation in Eastern Orthodoxy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWord Guild Awards -- Academic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow can Christians claim that the death of Jesus Christ on the cross is a victory?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet the doctrine of salvation affirms precisely that: in his death and his resurrection, Christ is victorious over the power of sin and death. The articulation of this tenet of faith has taken different shapes throughout the church's life and history. Eastern Orthodoxy has made its own contributions to the belief in salvation through Christ, but its expressions sometimes sound unfamiliar to Western branches of the church.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere James Payton, a Western Christian with a sympathetic ear for Eastern Orthodoxy, explores the Orthodox doctrine of salvation. Payton helps Christians of all traditions listen to Orthodox brothers and sisters so that together we might rejoice, \"Where, O death, is your victory?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames R. Payton Jr. (PhD, University of Waterloo, Canada) is emeritus professor of history at Redeemer University College in Ancaster, Ontario, Canada. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eLight from the Christian East: An Introduction to the Orthodox Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGetting the Reformation Wrong: Correcting Some Misunderstandings\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the editor of \u003ci\u003eA Patristic Treasury: Early Church Wisdom for Today\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"IVP Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50514588270866,"sku":"9780830852567","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cb0e9f50-1aa9-419f-ac28-9705e1a0c8c8.jpg?v=1730988420","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-victory-of-the-cross-salvation-in-eastern-orthodoxy-9780830852567","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}