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Christ crucified.

From: The Christian Century  |  Date: 3/7/2001  |  Author: Heim, S. Mark

Why does Jesus' death matter?

WHY IS THE DEATH of Christ significant? Some of the church is sure it knows the answer, while much of the rest of the church is deeply uncomfortable with the question. The publicized comment by a feminist theologian at the "Re-imagining" conference a few years ago is only one example of the discomfort: "I don't think we need a theory of atonement at all. I don't think we need folks hanging on crosses and blood dripping and weird stuff ..."

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