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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... divine law of justice that demanded a verdict but was so unjust as to allow the substitution of an innocent victim in place of the guilty . Even more difficult to accept is the notion of God ( or " justice " ) being paid off . Perhaps ...
... divine violence in them ; the third rejects all notions of salvation through redemption payment or ritual death . Readers must decide which of these options fits best with Jesus ' own emphasis on straightforward trust in God and honesty ...
... divine . " Holiness " did not originally have a moralized meaning but spoke of a necessary sepa- ration of what is common from what is holy , qodesh , as when the Israelites are told not to set foot on the holy Mount Sinai ( Exod 19:12 ) ...
... divine violence . Violence is highlighted in some of the non - ritual usages of kipper , where a murderer is the kipperer . God is frankly appeased 9 Frank H. Gorman Jr. , The Ideology of Ritual : Space , Time and Status in the Priestly ...
... divine vio- lence and a remedy based on either placation or magic . Whichever meta- 13 Israel Knohl , " The Sin Offering Law in the ' Holiness School , ' " in Gary A. Anderson and Saul M. Olyan , eds . , Priesthood and Cult in Ancient ...
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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 |