Is violence a necessary part of salvation for Christianity?

argumentative essay in response to how violence relates to the doctrines of Christology (person of Christ) and Soteriology (work of Christ/atonement). Given that salvation in Christianity is related to a profound act of violence (the crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth), how does this correspond to Sack’s claim that “there is a connection between religion and violence, but it is oblique, not direct”. Base your reflection on the questions raised in Rabbi Sack’s Not In God’s Name and take a position based on the prompt – is violence a necessary part of salvation for Christianity? Ground your argument in a thoughtful reflection on these doctrines, examples drawn from church history in the lectures, your deep reading of Not In God’s Name and relevant Scripture passages found in our readings of the prophetic literature in the Lectio.