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Soteriology & Atonement

How do we understand the saving work of Jesus Christ's death on the cross and resurrection? Soteriology, the theology of salvation, is complex yet worth the study. These resources offer theological perspectives on topics like atonement, sanctification, forgiveness of sins, justification, and redemption.

At Home with God: How the Cross Transforms Us, By Jason G. Edwards
At Home with God
Jason G. Edwards
Enacting Atonement: The Narrative Logic of Sacrifice and Sonship in Leviticus, By Roy McDaniel
Enacting Atonement
Roy Edmonds McDaniel
The Wood Between the Worlds: A Poetic Theology of the Cross, By Brian Zahnd
The Wood Between the Worlds
Brian Zahnd
The Cross in Context: Reconsidering Biblical Metaphors for Atonement, By Brad Vaughn
The Cross in Context
Brad Vaughn
Face to Face with God: A Biblical Theology of Christ as Priest and Mediator, By T. Desmond Alexander
Face to Face with God
T. Desmond Alexander
The Cross of Christ, By John Stott
The Cross of Christ
John Stott
Chrysostom's Devil: Demons, the Will, and Virtue in Patristic Soteriology, By Samantha L. Miller
Chrysostom's Devil
Samantha L Miller
Approaching the Atonement: The Reconciling Work of Christ, By Oliver D. Crisp
Approaching the Atonement
Oliver D. Crisp
The Victory of the Cross: Salvation in Eastern Orthodoxy, By James R. Payton Jr.
The Victory of the Cross
James R. Payton Jr.
Sculptor Spirit: Models of Sanctification from Spirit Christology, By Leopoldo A. Sánchez M.
Sculptor Spirit
Leopoldo A. Sánchez M.
Reading Mark's Christology Under Caesar: Jesus the Messiah and Roman Imperial Ideology, By Adam Winn
Reading Mark's Christology Under Caesar
Adam Winn
To the Cross: Proclaiming the Gospel from the Upper Room to Calvary, By Christopher J. H. Wright
To the Cross
Christopher J. H. Wright
Paul's New Perspective: Charting a Soteriological Journey, By Garwood P. Anderson
Paul's New Perspective
Garwood P Anderson
The Face of Forgiveness: A Pastoral Theology of Shame and Redemption, By Philip D. Jamieson
The Face of Forgiveness
Philip D. Jamieson
Delivered from the Elements of the World: Atonement, Justification, Mission, By Peter J. Leithart
Delivered from the Elements of the World
Peter J. Leithart
Justification: God's Plan Paul's Vision, By N. T. Wright
Justification
N. T. Wright
The Reality of God and Historical Method: Apocalyptic Theology in Conversation with N. T. Wright, By Samuel V. Adams
The Reality of God and Historical Method
Samuel V. Adams
Atonement: The Person and Work of Christ, By Thomas F. Torrance
Atonement
Thomas F. Torrance
Christ Crucified: Understanding the Atonement, By Donald Macleod
Christ Crucified
Donald Macleod
Forsaken: The Trinity and the Cross, and Why It Matters, By Thomas H. McCall
Forsaken
Thomas H. McCall
Recovering the Scandal of the Cross: Atonement in New Testament and Contemporary Contexts, By Mark D. Baker and Joel B. Green
Recovering the Scandal of the Cross
Mark D. Baker and Joel B. Green
Retrieving Doctrine: Essays in Reformed Theology, By Oliver D. Crisp
Retrieving Doctrine
Oliver D. Crisp
Jesus, Paul and the People of God: A Theological Dialogue with N. T. Wright, Edited by Nicholas Perrin and Richard B. Hays
Jesus, Paul and the People of God
Edited by Nicholas Perrin and Richard B Hays
Images of Salvation in the New Testament, By Brenda B. Colijn
Images of Salvation in the New Testament
Brenda B. Colijn
God Is Great, God Is Good: Why Believing in God Is Reasonable and Responsible, Edited by William Lane Craig and Chad Meister
God Is Great, God Is Good
Edited by William Lane Craig and Chad Meister