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God's Just Vengeance: Crime, Violence and the Rhetoric of Salvation
Contributor(s): Gorringe, Timothy (Author)

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 ISBN: 0521557623     ISBN-13: 9780521557627
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: March 1996
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Annotation: God's Just Vengeance examines the relationship between the theologies of atonement and penal strategies.

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christianity - History
- Religion | Christianity - General
- Religion | Theology
Dewey: 261.833
LCCN: 95017196
Series: Cambridge Studies in Ideology and Religion
Physical Information: 0.68" H x 5.43" W x 8.42" L (0.88 lbs) 296 pages
Themes:
- Religious Orientation - Christian
 
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This book examines the relationship between the theologies of atonement and penal strategies. Christian theology was potent in Western society until the nineteenth century, and the so-called satisfaction theory of the atonement interacted and reacted with penal practice. Gorringe argues that atonement theology created a structure of affect that favored retributive policies. He reviews theory and practice in the twentieth century, and makes concrete proposals for both theology and criminal and societal violence.
 
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