Timothy W. Reardon uncovers thesalvation narrative developed within Luke-Acts and its key themes as they develop within the Lukan presentation of time and space, while being attentive to overcoming a facile compartmentalization of religion and politics. Reardon argues that Luke-Acts offers a complete, holistic, embodied, and theopolitical soteriology, cosmic in scope, that includes both the what and how of salvation. In contrast to recent arguments for some form of vicarious expiation in Luke-Acts, Reardon instead suggests that Luke-Acts' presentation of salvation - though exhibiting elements of multiple atonement models - noticeably takes a Christus Victor form, using Irenaeus's Christus Victorparadigm in particular as a point of comparison. Throughout this book, Reardon repeatedly demonstrates that Lukan soteriology is political, examining Jesus' role as herald of God's kingdom, the salvific space of heaven and the Church, and the mission of salvation. Reardon concludes that Luke-Acts is a theopolitical salvation unfolding in space, aiming toward the reconciliation of all things.

This book offers a new paradigm for Lukan soteriology and atonement, that overcomes modern delineations of religion and politics and identifies an embodied, spatial, and theopolitical salvation.

About the Author
Timothy W. Reardon is Affiliate Assistant Professor of New Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary, USA.

Reviews
Reardon's work advances the discourse on Lukan soteriology by redefining religion and politics as complex spaces and by directing attention to less-investigated areas of political salvation in Luke-Acts. * Review of Biblical Literature *



Book Information
ISBN 9780567698575
Author Dr. Timothy W. Reardon
Format Paperback
Page Count 264
Imprint T.& T.Clark Ltd
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC