Options on Atonement in Christian ThoughtLiturgical Press, 2007 - 147 pagini In his previous book, Problems with Atonement, Stephen Finlan compellingly argues that the doctrine of atonement has been more a stumbling block to a true understanding of the relationship between God and humanity than a genuine explanation of how we relate to God and God to us. Options on Atonement reprises these arguments briefly, then looks more closely at the solutions to the problem offered by a variety of modern interpreters. Finlan's focus in this volume is on revelation, on the gradual human absorption of and interpretation of revelation received from God, the maturing of human cultures, and especially the light shed by modern family systems psychology. At a time when public debates rage over the notion of evolution in the natural world, this book asserts that our understanding of divine revelation is likewise subject to evolution. If religion itself does not evolve, the author asserts, we are left only with an unsatisfactory choice: to remain mired in the past, or to repudiate all that is past, including our Scriptures. Will that be our choice? Or can we resolve to examine our traditions, including that of the atonement, in the light of new knowledge? Stephen Finlan chooses to do just that. |
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... Bible : Catholic Edition , © 1989 , 1993 , Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America . Used by permission . All rights reserved . © 2007 by Order of Saint Benedict ...
... Bible 112 The Monotheist Hermeneutic 114 Religious and Philosophic Progress 115 Growing from Our Heritage 118 Chapter 6 : A Theory of Revelation and Evolution 120 6.1 The Effect of Revelation 120 6.2 Natural Theology and Growth 123 6.3 ...
Stephen Finlan. Abbreviations AARA - American Academy of Religion Academy series AB — Anchor Bible Ac Bib — Academia Biblica b.c.e. Before the Common Era ( = b.c. ) CBQ — Catholic Biblical Quarterly c.e. Common Era ( = a.d. ) ETL ...
... biblical studies and Christian doctrine we are referring to concepts of the saving power of the death of Jesus developed in the early Greek - speaking churches and developed further over the centuries in works written in Latin and other ...
... biblical images of salvation . Further , these concepts of atonement were detached from the vitality of personal religious experience and turned into dogmas , taking on a life of their own . For most Christians the notion of ...
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After Paul | 43 |
Defenses of Atonement | 70 |
1B Is Healing Power in the Cross? | 85 |
2B Postmodern Cynicism | 95 |
Critiques of Atonement | 103 |
Compassion Not Atonement | 109 |
2B The Slide into AntiBiblicism | 111 |
A Theory of Revelation and Evolution | 120 |
Bibliography | 133 |
Index of Modern Authors | 139 |