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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... churches and developed further over the centuries in works written in Latin and other languages . When I speak of " atonement " I am referring to this group of meanings and doctrines we inherit from the early church . The apostle Paul ...
... church , but before long it became the dominant teaching in the Gentile churches . At several key points in Christian history certain theologians formulated concepts of atonement that took the metaphors quite literally and ignored other ...
... Church Universal : The Theology of Ephesians / ' in SBLSP 2000 [ Atlanta : Scholars Press , 2000 ] 754-55 , 764-67 ) , and Markus Bockmuehl ( Revelation and Mystery in Ancient Judaism and Pauline Christianity [ Grand Rapids : Eerdmans ...
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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 |