Latter-day Saint Perspectives on Atonement

This volume examines the atonement of Jesus Christ from the perspectives of Latter-day Saint readings of the Old Testament and New Testament, as well as from Restoration scripture, including the Book of Mormon and the Doctrine and Covenants. The volume further places that Latter-day Saint view of atonement in conversation with the formulations of atonement set forth by the early Christian fathers and medieval reformers. The volume also explores the lived experience of nineteenth-century Latter-day Saint women for insights about what they believed and how they internalized the atonement. The volume also offers theological approaches to the topic that seek to offer alternatives to traditional Christian atonement theories, such as the highly critiqued penal substitution theory, and are informed by contemporary theological ideas.