Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-168) and index.
Contents:
"Rachel weeping" : atonement theology and forsaken children -- Cross as murder, cross as wound : recent developments in atonement theology and trauma theory -- "Forgotten by God" : Flannery O'Connor and Orthodox infanticide -- "God descended to suffer with us" : John Updike's search for a sensitive atonement -- "People who die bad don't stay in the ground" : surrogacy and atonement in Beloved -- "You are crucified too" : Joyce Carol Oates, atonement, and human behavior -- "Consubstantial monstrosity," "grim triune" : outer dark and divine child murder -- Afterword post-traumatic Christianity.
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