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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... Multiplicity of Images 28 Inducement in the Sacrificial Metaphor 30 Taking Paul too Literally 32 2.3 None of This Was in Jesus 35 What of the Eucharist ? 39 The Killing of the Righteous 40 Chapter 3 : After Paul 43 3.1 Hebrews 44 Atonement.
... killed for you . " They are questioning what they were told as teenagers , that only the intercession of the tortured Messiah could rescue them from eternal torture at the hands of a " loving " God . Many are no longer convinced by what ...
... kill all the first- born in the land . Yet for Paul even this was suggestive of Jesus ' saving death : " for our paschal lamb , Christ , has been sacrificed " ( 1 Cor 5 : 7 ) . 1.3 The Scapegoat Ritual Another violent cultic image is ...
... killing of a Jewish family who refused to scorn the Torah . The martyrs are confident that " God has [ not ] forsaken our people " but " will again be reconciled with his own servants " ( 7:16 , 33 ) . One hopes " through me and my ...
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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 |