Christus Victor An Historical Study of the Three Main Types of the Idea of Atonement

Name: Christus Victor An Historical Study of the Three Main Types of the Idea of Atonement
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ISBN: 9781592443307

ISBN-10: 1592443303

ISBN-13: 9781592443307

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Authors: Gustaf Aulen, A. G. Hebert

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Gustaf Aulen's classic work, 'Christus Victor', has long been a standard text on the atonement. Aulen applies history of ideas' methodology to historical theology in tracing the development of three views of the atonement. Aulen asserts that in traditional histories of the doctrine of the atonement only two views have usually been presented, the objective/Anselmian and the subjective/Aberlardian views. According to Aulen, however, there is another type of atonement doctrine in which Christ overcomes the hostile powers that hold humanity in subjection, at the same time that God in Christ reconciles the world to Himself. This view he calls the classic idea of the atonement. Because of its…

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List price: $29.00
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date: 9/5/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 182
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English

Bishop Gustaf Aulen (1879-1977) was a distinguished Swedish theologian, educator, lecturer, writer, and leader of the ecumenical movement. Besides this book, Christus Victor; Church, Law, and Society; and Dag Hammarskjold's White Book have made him widely known throughout the English speaking world.