But the cross speaks to oppressed people in ways that Jesus’ life, teachings, and even his resurrection do not. As the German New Testament scholar Ernst Käsemann put it, “The resurrection is . . . a chapter in the theology of the cross.” Or the cross is “the signature of the one who is risen.”[47] The cross places God in the midst of crucified people, in the midst of people who are hung, shot, burned, and tortured.
