id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt 05741r68b65 LaReine-Marie Veronica Mosely Salvation Despite the Death of Jesus? The Cross in the Later Soteriology of Edward Schillebeeckx: African American Christian Female Perspectives 2008 .txt text/plain 450 15 35 The cross in the Christian tradition has been a contested image and symbol since ancient groups began using the cross as a means of execution and terror and especially since a little known Jewish teacher, Jesus of Nazareth died on one around the year 4 C.E. The cross of Jesus, who came to be known as the Christ, and the metaphors used to talk about the mystery of salvation have engaged the Christian community for centuries. To that end, the first chapter offers a broad survey of the diverse ways that the meaning of the death of Jesus has been interpreted in the scriptures and the larger Christian tradition. cache/05741r68b65.txt txt/05741r68b65.txt