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Article: The Scandalous God: The Use and Abuse of the Cross.(Book review)
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- Biblical Theology Bulletin
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- September 22, 2008
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The Scandalous God: The Use and Abuse of the Cross. By Vitor Westhelle. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2006. Pp. xii + 180. Paper, $22.00.
How is the suffering and death of Jesus to be explained? What is its meaning for Christians today and how has it been interpreted through the centuries? These questions guide the writing of this book and its author, Vitor Westhelle, a systematic theologian at the Lutheran School of Theology, Chicago.
Drawing on Luther's insights, Westhelle explores what it means to be a "theologian of the cross." The book's focus is twofold: a sketch of the historical development of the cross motif through history which sometimes ...
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