An excellent study on what it means that Jesus didn't just die bit was crucified and why that was crucial to the message he brought to earth. The book is a very difficult to read being dense with jargon and wandering side tangents. ( )

The Cross is the cry of victims for justice AND the hunger of perpetrators for a way back from the path of death.
Cross represents not only cry of victim.

This is an excellent work, though at times difficult to read. If you're willing to hang in there however, there are many excellent thoughts. ( )

A really complex book with interesting ideas. It's the kind of thing I read routinely when I was in my master's in theology program, and I found myself wishing I were in a class in which I could get guidance from someone more knowledgeable than I am. Moltmann responds to and builds on a lot of ideas that I would know nothing about were it not for my previous theology studies, and even with that background, some of this book went over my head. Because of that, I'm not sure how useful this book would be to the general reader. It's certainly more of a book to study than one to read.

See my complete review at Shelf Love. ( )

A stimulating and satisfying read. As with all Moltmann's work it demands a response from the reader. ( )