The Theology of the Cross in Historical Perspective - Paperbackby Anna M. Madsen (Author) The theology of the cross is indisputably a trendy concept today. Numerous seminars, books, and dissertations tackle the topic. But The Theology of the Cross in Historical Perspective demonstrates that theology of the cross is no passing fancy. Theologies of the cross appear at the beginnings of the church, in the sixteenth century reformations of the church, and in the more contemporary modernization of the church. Without