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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... Paul's Cultic Metaphors 18 2.1 Atonement in Romans 18 Scapegoat : The Expulsion of Sin 22 Blending Redemption and ... Paul too Literally 32 2.3 None of This Was in Jesus 35 What of the Eucharist ? 39 The Killing of the Righteous 40 ...
Stephen Finlan. Chapter 3 : After Paul 43 3.1 Hebrews 44 Atonement in Hebrews 44 Incarnation in Hebrews 48 3.2 Ignatius of Antioch 53 3.3 Prominent Atonement Theologians 54 3.4 Atonement and Anti - Semitism 61 The Ritual Murder ...
... Paul is the principal spokesman ( in our surviving records ) for these atonement concepts . He communicates them through cultic1 and social metaphors he uses at key moments in his arguments . Six fundamental metaphors are drawn together ...
... Paul would frequently combine two or three of these images in one sentence , allowing each metaphor to inform and ... Paul and his audience share the belief that Jesus died as a martyr . Paul then uses three metaphors ( sacrifice ...
... Paul . The closer we look at what Christians understand atonement to be , the greater the diversity and complexity we observe . Even an apparently simple idea like " Jesus died for my sins " turns out to have many possible ...
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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 |