Tom (N. T.) Wright is Research Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at the University of St Andrews.

In The Day the Revolution Began Tom Wright invites you to consider the full meaning of the event at the heart of the Christian faith – Jesus' crucifixion.

As he did in his acclaimed Surprised by Hope, Wright once again challenges commonly held beliefs, this time arguing that the Protestant Reformation did not go far enough in reshaping our understanding of the Cross.

With his characteristic rigour and incisiveness, he goes back to the New Testament to show that Jesus' death not only releases us from the guilt and power of sin, but is nothing less than the beginning of a world-wide revolution that continues to this day – a revolution that creates and energizes a movement responsible for restoring and reconciling the whole of God's creation.

The Day the Revolution Began will take you to a new level in your appreciation of the meaning of Jesus' sacrifice: opening up its powerful and amazing implications, inspiring you with a renewed sense of purpose and hope, and reminding you of the crucial role you can play in the world-transforming movement that Jesus started.

An incisive, in-depth investigation into the meaning and purpose of Jesus's death by one of the world's leading biblical theologians

Tom Wright

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Part one: Introduction

1. A Vitally Important Scandal

2. Wrestling with the Cross, Then and Now

3. The Cross in Its First-Century Setting

Part two: “In Accordance with the Bible”

4. The Covenant of Vocation

5. "In All the Scriptures"

6. The Divine Presence and the Forgiveness of Sins

7. Suffering, Redemption, and Love

Part three: the revolutionary rescue

8. New Goal, New Humanity

9. Jesus's Special Passover

10. The Story of the Rescue

11. Paul and the Cross

12. The Death of Jesus in Paul's Letter to the Romans

13. The Death of Jesus in Paul's Letter to the Romans

Part four: the revolution continues

14. Passover People

15. The Powers and the Power of Love

Acknowledgments

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__In The Day the Revolution Began Tom Wright invites you to consider the full meaning of the event at the heart of the Christian faith - Jesus' crucifixion.__

As he did in his acclaimed Surprised by Hope, Wright once again challenges commonly held beliefs, this time arguing that the Protestant Reformation did not go far enough in reshaping our understanding of the Cross.

With his characteristic rigour and incisiveness, he goes back to the New Testament to show that Jesus' death not only releases us from the guilt and power of sin, but is nothing less than the beginning of a world-wide revolution that continues to this day – a revolution that creates and energizes a movement responsible for restoring and reconciling the whole of God's creation.

The Day the Revolution Began will take you to a new level in your appreciation of the meaning of Jesus' sacrifice: opening up its powerful and amazing implications, inspiring you with a renewed sense of purpose and hope, and reminding you of the crucial role you can play in the world-transforming movement that Jesus started.

An incisive, in-depth investigation into the meaning and purpose Jesus's death by one of the world's leading biblical theologians.

'How can the death of one man two thousand years ago have any relevance for me today? Why did Jesus have to die? The greater the claim, the sharper the question...Why should this one be different? What possible sense can we make of the idea of someone dying for someone else, let alone dying 'for their sins'? How on earth can the violent death of an apparently innocent man be understood as a victory over 'the rulers and authorities'? And - perhaps the greatest and most challenging question of all - in what sense can this terrible event we seen, as the earliest Christians insisted it ought to be, as the ultimate revelation of divine love?'In The Day the Revolution Began Tom Wright invites you to consider the full meaning of the event at the heart of the Christian faith - Jesus' crucifixion.As he did in his acclaimed Surprised by Hope, Wright once again challenges commonly held beliefs, this time arguing that the Protestant Reformation did not go far enough in reshaping our understanding of the Cross.With his characteristic rigour and incisiveness, he goes back to the New Testament to show that Jesus' death not only releases us from the guilt and power of sin, but is nothing less than the beginning of a world-wide revolution that continues to this day - a revolution that creates and energizes a movement responsible for restoring and reconciling the whole of God's creation. The Day the Revolution Began will take you to a new level in your appreciation of the meaning of Jesus' sacrifice: opening up its powerful and amazing implications, inspiring you with a renewed sense of purpose and hope, and reminding you of the crucial role you can play in the world-transforming movement that Jesus started.

Tom Wright is, as always, brilliant at distilling immense scholarship into vivid, clear and accessible form.;Rowan Williams, Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge

Part One: Introduction

1\. A Vitally Important Scandal

 Why the Cross?

2\. Wrestling with the Cross, Then and Now

3\. The Cross in Its First-Century Setting

Part Two: "In Accordance With the Bible": The Stories of Israel

4\. The Covenant of Vocation

5\. "In All Scriptures"

6\. The Divine Presence and the Forgiveness of Sins

7\. Suffering, Redemption, and Love

Part Three: The Revolutionary Rescue

8\. New Goal, New Humanity

9\. Jesus' Special Passover

10\. The Story of the Rescue

11\. Paul and the Cross

 Apart from Romans

12\. The Death of Jesus in Paul's Letter to the Romans

 The New Exodus

13\. The Death of Jesus in Paul's Letter to the Romans

 Passover and Atonement

Part Four: The Revolution Continues

14\. Passover People

15\. The Powers and the Power of Love

Acknowledgements

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Tom Wright gives the crucifixion full attention in a book that offers up a revolutionary way of seeing Jesus' sacrifice.

Day the Revolution Began

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