Creation and the Cross

No one had to die for our sins.

It’s time to rethink the crucifixion, says theologian Elizabeth Johnson.

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Care for creation often falls low on the list of priorities for the majority of Christians, with many even vocal that environmental stewardship isn’t a Christian call. There’s something deeply wrong with that, says Elizabeth A. Johnson, one of the church’s foremost theologians of the 20th and 21st centuries. The problem lies in how we think about the redemption offered by God, which she addresses in her latest book Creation and the Cross: The Mercy of God for a Planet in Peril (Orbis).

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Creation and the Cross
Review by Colleen Mary Carpenter