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Introduction: Refocusing the atonement -- The promise of the new covenant -- Cross and new covenant in the New Testament : the gospels and Acts -- Cross and new covenant in the New Testament : from Paul to Revelation -- Baptized into the Messiah's death : new-covenant practices of cruciform faithfulness -- Baptized into the Messiah's death : new-covenant practices of cruciform love -- The (new) covenant of peace -- Baptized into the Messiah's death : new-covenant practices of Cruciform peace -- Conclusion: The integrative new-covenant model of the atonement : participation and performance.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

In this groundbreaking book, Michael Gorman asks why there is no theory or model of the atonement called the ""new-covenant"" model, since this understanding of the atonement is likely the earliest in the Christian tradition, going back to Jesus himself. Gorman argues that most models of the atonement over-emphasize the penultimate purposes of Jesus' death and the ""mechanics"" of the atonement, rather than its ultimate purpose: to create a transformed, Spirit-filled people of God. The New Testament's various atonement metaphors are part of a remarkably coherent picture of Jesus' death as that.

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