The Mystery of Christ . . . and Why We Don't Get It - Softcover

Robert Farrar Capon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802801218 ISBN 13: 9780802801210

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans-Lightning Source, 1993

Synopsis

Capon uses a variety of exchanges to drive home his point that salvation can be achieved not just through faith, but by active works. Along the way, he explores guilt, forgiveness, love, anger, romance, grief, spiritual contentment, the Incarnation, reincarnation, resurrection, and more--managing, in the process, to make salvation something fresh and new.

About this title

About the Author:

ROBERT FARRAR CAPON is the author of many works on theology, cooking, and family life. He lives on Shelter Island, New York.

From Booklist:

Capon's theme is the understanding of the Christian concept of grace through faith; he feels that this "mystery" is in this world, not some mystical experience of another realm. The popular idea that the goal of Christianity and the church is to make people "nonsinners" is replaced, in his argument, with the understanding that God's grace makes people "sin-forgivers." This frees believers from living in fear of a god who is a CPA of sins and frees them to forgive others. Capon handles the topics covered in his dialogues with representative counselees with a light but not frivolous touch. His book is well suited for general collections and would be particularly appropriate for college students because of its treatments of contemporary topics. Mary Beth Vanderpoorten

About this edition

• Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans-Lightning Source
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0802801218
• ISBN 13: 9780802801210
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 195