Gods Just Vengeance

Download or read book God's Just Vengeance written by Timothy Gorringe and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1996-03-14 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.