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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Stephen Finlan. Options on Atonement in Christian Thought Options on Atonement in Christian Thought This One EZ2J -. STEPHEN FINLAN Front Cover.
Stephen Finlan. Options on Atonement in Christian Thought This One EZ2J - D7E - 1ZKU Options on Atonement in Christian Thought Stephen Finlan M G.
... atonement in Christian thought / Stephen Finlan . p . cm . Includes bibliographical references and index . ISBN 978-0-8146-5986-1 1. Atonement . I. Title . BT265.3.F56 2007 232'.3 - dc22 2006038562 Contents Abbreviations ix Introduction ...
Stephen Finlan. Contents Abbreviations ix Introduction 1 What Is Atonement ? Harsh and Violent Formulations of Atonement 4 Chapter 1 : The Roots of Atonement 7 1.1 Holiness 7 1.2 The Metaphysics of Sacrifice 8 A Food Payment 8 Cleansing ...
... Atonement Theologians 54 3.4 Atonement and Anti - Semitism 61 The Ritual Murder Accusation 62 Host Mysticism 64 Popes and Reformers 66 Shame Projection 68 Chapter 4 : Defenses of Atonement 70 4.1A Orthodox Defenses 71 Schmiechen's Ten ...
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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 |