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God as Sacrificial Love

"Throughout the Christian tradition the notion of sacrificial love has been thought to bring us closest not only to the historic actions of God in Jesus, but to the very heart of God. It has also been put forward as integral to most Christian visions of sound moral living. In dialogue with a range of post-enlightenment critiques of Christian theologies of sacrificial love, Asle Eikrem presents a novel and controversial systematic approach this multi-layered and complex theological problem. From Hegel to prominent 20th century theologians, from feminist theologies to post-modern philosophers, this volume engages in a critical conversation with a host of different voices, the result of which is a unique and controversial appraisal of the significance the life and death of Jesus holds for the world today. Eikrem concludes by suggesting an original approach to this issue, where the possibility and the limits of sacrifice are both determined in the way the human being is constituted as a finite being, namely through the recognition of the other as the source and limit of oneself."—Bloomsbury Publishing.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 336 pages

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