Creation and the Cross: The Mercy of God for a Planet in PerilIn this fresh creative approach to theology, Elizabeth Johnson asks how we can understand cosmic redemption in a time of advancing ecological devastation. In effect, how can we extend the core Christian belief in salvation to include all created beings. Immediately this quest runs into a formidable obstacle: the idea that Jesus death on the cross was required as an atonement for human sina theology laid out by the eleventh century theologian Anselm.