Abstract The entry explores some aspects of the history of the concept of ‘redemption, focusing on its juridical background. Attention is given to the close relationship between the interpretation of Jesus’ salvific action by early Christian authors, on the one hand, and the pra

Abstract God’s wrath and mercy. Concepts of “redemption” and “retribution” in early Modern moral theology and criminal Law The religious concept of redemption contributed significantly to the shaping of public criminal law in the Early Modern Age. This pa

Abstract “Without money you shall be redeemed” (Is 52:3). Redemption in the Old Testament between theological metaphor and hybrid legal language Most Old Testament texts dealing with redemption and ransom use legal language, even when God is the redeemer, although in this

Abstract The dogma of “reversibility”. Guilt, torment and suffering in Joseph de Maistre’s works This paper connects Joseph de Maistre’s providentialist interpretation of the French Revolution in his Considerations on France (1796) with his thoughts on the problem of

Abstract The mandate of  the redeemer and the duties of the redeemed. The origins of a paradigm of legitimization of economic and political relations (II – V century)  In this paper I present a wide range of patristic texts, which – through theological discussion of the “divine

Abstract Roman redemptio and its Christian reinterpretation. A contribution to the history of the concept of “redemption” The paper deals with the concept of redemption developed by a number of Early Christian authors (Origen and Ambrose of Milan in particular). Special at

Abstract Politics and redemption in Otto Pfleiderer’s Paulinismus. A note on the Letter to the Colossians This paper discusses Otto Pfleiderer’s interpretation of the Letter to the Colossians in his Paulinismus. The cosmological-historical valence that Paul gives to Christ’s act

Abstract Redeemers and traitors. Being fair to Nietzsche in the age of “general economic administration of the earth” This paper examines the concept of redemption in Nietzsche’s work. Nietzsche resolves, on the one hand, to adopt a genealogical approach to the concept; on

Abstract Redemption and reconciliation. The theological-political comparison between Hegel and Schleiermacher This paper examines the concept of redemption as understood by Hegel and Schleiermacher. Both authors conceive of redemption in dialectical terms, and their ideas are deeply r

Abstract Redemption and Reformation: some elements of reflection for a self-critical “political theology” This paper provides some reflections on the concept of redemption in the Reformed Churches. First, the impact of previous theologies on the Reformation will be mention