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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... God's wrath ; Jesus agrees to become the scapegoat who will receive the outpouring of that wrath , and in his death he bears away the sin and its penalty as the goat bore away the sins of the community . Actually , the judicial element ...
... God . Such fear - based thinking is quite distant from the gospel teaching " fear not " ( Luke 5:10 ; 12:32 , KJV ) ... God's attitude but only to change the human tendency to commit , and to lie about , violence . Many Christians are ...
... God " father , " or is this an abusive and fear - driven father ? Many Christians find it hard to accept Saint Anselm's idea that sin did damage to God's honor and that Christ's death was a " recompense for the injury . " They are no ...
... God grow , and can we gain new insight into the relevant biblical passages by revisiting them ? How did atonement ideas come to play such an important role , and what do we make of them now ? These are questions I will address in the ...
... God struck him there " ( 2 Sam 6 : 7 ) . When King Uzziah " became angry with the priests a leprous disease broke out on his forehead " ( 2 Chr 26:19 ) . Even complaining can provoke the Lord to lash out and burn up some parts of the ...
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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 |