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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... Metaphor or the Family Model ? 6.4 Destiny and Spirituality 128 Bibliography 133 Index of Modern Authors 139 Index of Ancient Texts 141 Abbreviations AARA - American Academy of Religion Academy series AB Contents vii.
... ancient and contemporary , have not been happy with expressions of a violent and judicial God and have sought to con- strain , spiritualize , or minimize these concepts , even denying that a payment - demanding God was ever envisioned ...
... ancient religious concepts . One is " holiness , " which signifies separation , the necessary distance be- tween the profanely human and the awesomely divine . " Holiness " did not originally have a moralized meaning but spoke of a ...
... ancient idea of actually feeding the god with the smoke of the burning animal , strongly attested in the first four books of the Pentateuch.2 The priests ' job is to " offer the Lord's offerings by fire , the food of their God . . . the ...
... ancient sacrifice ; it is " a gift to the deity to induce his aid . " 6 For some reason , however , they rarely focus on the fact that these gifts are the culture's most valuable food commodities , with an emphasis on costly meat ...
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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 |