God as Sacrificial Love

Asle Eikrem is Associate Professor of Systematic Theology at MF Norwegian School of Theology, Norway.

• PrefaceChapter 1Introduction Chapter 2Theologies of sacrifice – a historical overviewChapter 3Modern critiques, recent developments and prevailing challengesChapter 4 Sacrificial love and the problem of sacred violenceChapter 5God and sacred bloodshedChapter 6God, death and the Trinitarian logic of self-giving Chapter 7God and sacred exclusion/inclusionChapter 8Theodicy – the radical nature of the problem of violence Chapter 9The love Through Which God Truly Loves HumanityChapter 10The Love Through Which Humanity Truly Loves God Chapter 11Self-sacrificial Love as the Love Through Which We Sometimes Love Each OtherChapter 12The Monotony of Sacrifice - No End in View?ReferencesIndex

The complexity and thoroughness of his argumentation… commends this monograph as a significant theological achievement that deserves an audience among those interested in modern theology, systematic theology, theology proper, soteriology, trinitarianism, and ethics.