Cur Deus Homo
Imprint: Wipf and Stock
272 Pages, 5.00 x 8.00 x 0.54 in
- Paperback
- 9781725293694
- Published: December 2020
- Hardcover
- 9781725293687
- Published: December 2020
- eBook
- 9781725293700
- Published: December 2020
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Cur Deus Homo ("Why God was a Man") was written from 1095 to 1098 once Anselm was already archbishop of Canterbury and discusses the Incarnation. It takes the form of a dialogue between Anselm and Boso, one of his students. Its core is a purely rational argument for the necessity of the Christian mystery of atonement, the belief that Jesus's crucifixion was necessary to atone for mankind's sin.