Beyond the Passion

Beyond the Passion
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Publisher : Fortress Press
Total Pages : 177
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ISBN-10 : 9780800636746
ISBN-13 : 0800636740
Rating : 4/5 (740 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Beyond the Passion by : Stephen J. Patterson

Download or read book Beyond the Passion written by Stephen J. Patterson and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For most Christian believers, what is truly remarkable and important about Jesus is not his life, but his resurrection from the dead. They may believe that Jesus' death is significant not as the end of Jesus' life, but as the first half of the saving event that comprises the Christian gospel: the death and resurrection of Jesus. For Christians, this great divine cosmic event, around which all of human history pivots, is what saves us from our sins. Apart from this, the death of Jesus would simply be the meaningless end to an interesting but insignificant life. In this lively and provocative work, Patterson reconstructs early Christian assessments of Jesus' significance and also questions basic assumptions about modern interpretations of Jesus' death. He emphasizes the importance of Jesus' life in relation to his death and resurrection. And he challenges individualistic notions of how Jesus' death relates to Christian ethics.


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