Herder & Herder, 2007. Paperback. New softcover in glossy printed wraps. Text is clean and free of marks or underlining. Includes a study guide, author's notes, bibliography, and index. 304 pp.
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ISBN: 9780824524562

Women often hear about the call to sacrifice for the sake of country, for family, or for men. How can they creatively sacrifice without losing what is essential in themselves? This perceptive new study shows a hopeful, feminist, Christian response to this life-long challenge.

Sacrifice is at the heart of Christian wisdom about love. Jesus' teaching that one must "lose one's life to save it" reveals a paradoxical relationship between self-sacrifice and self-realization. The invitation to imitate Jesus Christ, and to give of oneself to other, inspires great acts of love. Yet the veneration of sacrifice for its own sake can validate painful losses that are no longer life-giving. Faced with such ambiguities, and struggling to discern the boundaries of giving, Christians need a new interpretation of the symbol of sacrifice. The Paradox of Christian Sacrifice explores a revised understanding of authentic sacrifice in terms of dedication to others for the reign of God. Sacrificial self-giving becomes a means to Christian identity- a paradox-
ical way to find life in the fullest. Ultimately, sacrificial love is not only an imitation of the cross, but an image of the creativity of God.

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