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The old rugged Cross : a history of atonement in popular Christian devotion / Ben Pugh.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Eugene, Oregon : Cascade Books, [2016]Description: 1 online resource (xv, 195 pages .)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781532610578
  • 1532610572
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Old rugged Cross.DDC classification:
  • 234.5 23
LOC classification:
  • BT263 .P84 2016eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Crucicentrism: the search for a beginning point -- Passion mysticism in the Middle Ages -- Zinzendorf, the Moravians, and the Wesleys -- The Holiness movements -- Black religion and the origins of Pentecostalism -- Getting up to date: pleading the blood, a waning emphasis, and Mel Gibson.
Summary: A lot has been said about the atonement theology of the theologians, but what of ordinary believers and their church leaders? What, if anything, have they done with "penal substitution" or with "Christus Victor"? How, if at all, have these doctrinal approaches helped ordinary Christians to live more devoted lives or lead good church services? Ben Pugh takes the temperature of the church at various points in its history right up to the present day, noting particular emphases that can be detected in various expressions of personal and corporate faith--whether these be hymns, sermons, magazines, or devotional texts. The book aims not only to describe what the implied atonement theologies of the church have in reality been but also to explore why these have taken the forms that they have. This exploration will shed some fresh light on current debates, building on the findings of the author's earlier work, Atonement Theories: A Way through the Maze.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Crucicentrism: the search for a beginning point -- Passion mysticism in the Middle Ages -- Zinzendorf, the Moravians, and the Wesleys -- The Holiness movements -- Black religion and the origins of Pentecostalism -- Getting up to date: pleading the blood, a waning emphasis, and Mel Gibson.

A lot has been said about the atonement theology of the theologians, but what of ordinary believers and their church leaders? What, if anything, have they done with "penal substitution" or with "Christus Victor"? How, if at all, have these doctrinal approaches helped ordinary Christians to live more devoted lives or lead good church services? Ben Pugh takes the temperature of the church at various points in its history right up to the present day, noting particular emphases that can be detected in various expressions of personal and corporate faith--whether these be hymns, sermons, magazines, or devotional texts. The book aims not only to describe what the implied atonement theologies of the church have in reality been but also to explore why these have taken the forms that they have. This exploration will shed some fresh light on current debates, building on the findings of the author's earlier work, Atonement Theories: A Way through the Maze.