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God's Just Vengeance: Crime, Violence and the Rhetoric of Salvation

God's Just Vengeance: Crime, Violence and the Rhetoric of Salvation

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Series: Cambridge Studies in Ideology and Religion, Book 9

Religion General General Christianity

ISBN10: 0521557623
ISBN13: 9780521557627
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Mar 14 1996
Pages: 296
Weight: 0.88
Height: 0.68 Width: 5.43 Depth: 8.42
Language: English
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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