Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

VOLUME ONE -- The right to (re)consider justification -- "O sweet exchange!" : a broader lens for discovering the patristic consensus -- Justification in the ancient church -- Justification, penance, and the metaphysics of grace : Lombard and Aquinas -- "Do what you can" : Scotus and the rise of nominalism -- The road from penance to Christ -- The Reformers and the Great Exchange : mystical union -- Reforming justification -- A new direction : word, faith, and works -- Law and gospel : a tale of two covenants -- The triumph of nominalism -- Justification and the Christian life.

VOLUME TWO -- Part one : The horizon of justification -- Adam and Israel -- "Works of the law" in Paul -- Part two : The achievement of justification -- The God who justifies the ungodly -- Justified by his blood : Angus Dei and Christus Victor -- Vicarious victor : an integrated account -- Raised for our justification -- Part three : The gift of righteousness -- What justification means -- Imputation : the mechanism of justification -- Justification and judgment : the role of works in the day of Christ Jesus -- Part four : Receiving justification -- Faith : looking to Christ -- Union with Christ : justification and the great exchange.