Over the centuries the church developed a number of metaphors, such as penal substitution or the ransom theory, to speak about Christ's death on the cross and the theological concept of the atonement. Yet too often, says Scot McKnight, Christians have held to the supremacy of one metaphor over the others. He argues instead that to plumb the rich theological depths of the atonement, we must consider all its metaphors and ask whether they each serve a larger purpose. A Community Called Atonement not only values the church's atonement metaphors but also asserts that the atonement fundamentally shapes the life of the Christian and of the church. Because Christ identifies with humans to call us into a community that reflects God's love, that community must then offer God's love to others through the practice of justice and fellowship, living out its life together as the story of God's reconciliation. Scot McKnight thus offers an accessible, thought-provoking theology of atonement that engages the concerns of those in the emerging church conversation and that will be of interest to all those who are listening in.