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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... cult all prefigured and pointed at the Messiah's self - sacrificial death , but his was the only death that really brought about the cleansing of conscience that the cult was thought to accomplish . 3 Timothy Gorringe , " Title and ...
... cult ; Jesus asks for deeper devotion than the Torah demanded ; Paul says the old covenant has a fading glory while the new covenant has a per- manent glory . How does our understanding of God grow , and can we gain new insight into the ...
... cult . H is taking more literally the idea that sacrificial odors are literally " pleasing , are even a kind of payment.13 H is the author of the central " explanatory " verse : For the life of the flesh is in the blood ; and I have ...
... cult . Scapegoat ritual is to be distinguished from sacrifice , even though the former took place at the same time as the most important sacrifices , the hatta't offerings of the Day of Atonement . The scapegoat ritual is surrounded by ...
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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 |