edited by Deidre Nicole Green and Eric D. Huntsman
contributions by Ariel Bybee Laughton, Adam S Miller, Jenny Reeder, T. Benjamin Spackman, Joseph M Spencer, Deidre Nicole Green, Eric D. Huntsman, Nicholas J Frederick, Fiona Givens, Sharon J Harris, J. B. Haws and Benjamin Keogh
University of Illinois Press, 2024
Cloth: 978-0-252-04544-8 | eISBN: 978-0-252-05505-8 | Paper: 978-0-252-08755-4
Library of Congress Classification BX8643.A85L38 2024
Dewey Decimal Classification 230.9332

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ABOUT THIS BOOK
New approaches to a central area of Latter-day Saint belief

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and other Christians have always shared a fundamental belief in the connection between personal salvation and the suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. While having faith in and experiencing the atonement of Christ remains a core tenet for Latter-day Saints, some thinkers have in recent decades reconsidered traditional understandings of atonement.


Deidre Nicole Green and Eric D. Huntsman edit a collection that brings together multiple and diverse approaches to thinking about Latter-day Saint views on this foundational area of theology. The essayists draw on and go beyond a wide range of perspectives, classical atonement theories, and contemporary reformulations of atonement theory. The first section focuses on scriptural and historical foundations while the second concentrates on theological explorations. Together, the contributors evaluate what is efficacious and ethical in the Latter-day Saint outlook and offer ways to reconceive those views to provide a robust theological response to contemporary criticisms about atonement.


Contributors: Nicholas J. Frederick, Fiona Givens, Deidre Nicole Green, Sharon J. Harris, J.B. Haws, Eric D. Huntsman, Benjamin Keogh, Ariel Bybee Laughton, Adam S. Miller, Jenny Reeder, T. Benjamin Spackman, and Joseph M. Spencer