Books by Marit Trelstad
In today's theological landscape the significance of the cross has become strongly affirmed and r... more In today's theological landscape the significance of the cross has become strongly affirmed and radically questioned. This exciting volume gathers theologians and historians who have thought through these critical and constructive issues: Do traditional understandings of the cross valorize suffering or violence? Are the older soteriological models, which see redemption as a kind of ransom or debt satisfaction, fitting for the contemporary worldview? Do they produce a piety that acquiesces in needless suffering, or does the cross precisely meet the massive suffering and injustice of today’s world?
Following an expert introduction to the issues and options by editor Marit Trelstad, each author addresses the Christian symbol of the cross in the context of current theological, sociological, political, or environmental issues.
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Lutherrenaissance Past and Present, 2015
Dialog, 2014
The intertwining of reflection about Christ and personal experience of Jesus has been at the hear... more The intertwining of reflection about Christ and personal experience of Jesus has been at the heart of the matter from the start of the Reformation. Luther's Christology unites the transcendent and the intimate; it is Christ alone, Solus Christus, who mediates God's presence and promise to the world. This becomes one of the “solas” of the Reformation and the one to which this volume of Dialog is dedicated. This introduction considers the variety of ways theology has described the primary experience of Christ; we will consider how Christ has been theologically presented in terms of love, liberation, creativity, co-sufferer, and holy presence. In addition, within the last century, one can see Christologies taking on universal or particular forms. The universal approach sees Christ in, with and under all the world, whereas the more “particular” forms connect to the singularity of Christ or Jesus as the sole locus of revelation of God in history or today. This introduction also explores the contemporary debate about the meaning of the cross and atonement in relation to the understanding of Christ as savior.
Dialog: A Journal of Theology, 2006
Transformative Lutheran Theologies: Feminist, …, 2010
Chapter 8 Putting the Cross in Context: Atonement through Covenant . Marit Trelstad. I shall die,... more Chapter 8 Putting the Cross in Context: Atonement through Covenant . Marit Trelstad. I shall die, but that is all I shall do for Death... Edna St. Vincent Millay1 BEFORE THE CROSS, THERE was the covenant. And after the cross, there is the cov-enant. Indeed, God's covenantal ...
... Imagining the Cross 165 Through the Eyes of Marian Kolodziej Susan L. Nelson 12. ... Gender O... more ... Imagining the Cross 165 Through the Eyes of Marian Kolodziej Susan L. Nelson 12. ... Gender Oppression Considering the cross and its meaning for human suffering, the primary critique of past soteriologies and atonement theories has come from feminist and woman-ist writers. ...
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Books by Marit Trelstad
Following an expert introduction to the issues and options by editor Marit Trelstad, each author addresses the Christian symbol of the cross in the context of current theological, sociological, political, or environmental issues.
Book Chapters by Marit Trelstad
Articles by Marit Trelstad
Papers by Marit Trelstad
Following an expert introduction to the issues and options by editor Marit Trelstad, each author addresses the Christian symbol of the cross in the context of current theological, sociological, political, or environmental issues.