Atonement in Confessional Lutheran Theology: Harnack, Thomasius & Philippi

"The atonement theory of Johannes von Hofmann has left a mark on Lutheran theology that persists to this day. He rejected vicarious satisfaction and replaced it with a historical, dispensational theory of Heilsgeschicte (salvation history).... The need for a competent, contemporary, confessional Lutheran introduction to this debate that sets it into its historical and theological context, engages the material, assimilates the material into a summary that fairly represents it, and serves the reader as a faithful guide to the debate. These needs now are met in this volume. Translators Matthew Carver, Kyle Richardson, and Susanne Russell bring Harnack, Thomasius, and Philippi to you in English for the first time. Jack D. Kilcrease achieves a major feat of historico-theological introduction to Hofmann, his theory, and the critiques by Harnack, Thomasius, and Philippi. He adds his own assessments. Among living Lutheran theologians writing primarily in English, no other author has more command of the atonement than Kilcrease."