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

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.

Author: Timothy Gorringe
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 03/14/1996
Pages: 296
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 8.42h x 5.43w x 0.68d
ISBN: 9780521557627

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