Thomas Lape’s Manual of the Christian Atonement is an accessible and straightforward study of the atonement. “In whatever Christians differ on minor points of fundamental doctrines of Christianity, let them cultivate sentiments expressed by Augustine of old: ‘In fundamentals, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity.’” With unadorned language and clarity, Lape examines the basis, necessity, meaning, nature, value, manner, efficacy, extent, and results of the atonement.