God's Just Vengeance: Crime, Violence and the Rhetoric of Salvation (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521557627)

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
ISBN-10: 0521557623
ISBN-13: 9780521557627
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/14/1996
Pages: 296
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 8.42h x 5.43w x 0.68d