Dillistone, F. W. The Christian Understanding of Atonement (The Library of Constructive Theology). Digswell Place: James Nisbet & Co. LTD, 1968. First Edition. [1585]
Blue cloth, binding clean, very good, 8 3/4 x 6 inches; intact dust jacket, a bit toned at the spine & edges, but without damage. Small private name stamp on the title page, with a red ink number above it (private library). xii, 436 clean pp., tight. The dark streaks in the photo on the dj spine are caused by camera flash & the clear wrapper; the spine panel is clean. Very good in good dust-jacket. Hardcover.
"The Christian Understanding of Atonement is a comprehensive interpretation of this central Christian theme, done with extraordinary thoroughness of concern for all its dimensions - for the historical materials, for the relation of the Christian idea to the history of religions and for its relevance in contemporary life and culture." - dj blurb.
Frederick William Dillistone (1903-1993), b. Sompting, Sussex, England; d. Oxford, England. A prominent Anglican theologian and churchman, Dr. Dillistone served as Professor of Systematic Theology, Wycliffe College, Toronto (1838-1945); as Professor of Theology, Episcopal Theological School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (1947-1952); Canon, Chancellor, and Dean, Liverpool Cathedral (1952-1963); and Fellow and Chaplain, Oriel College, Oxford (1964-1970).
"F. W. Dillistone was a theologian of unusually wide sympathies whose personal warmth and restless imagination made for over 60 years a distinctive contribution to religious life and thought in England and North America." - obituary in the Independent, Oct. 8, 1993. (11585) $30.00
