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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... 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.
... literally a sacrificial animal , a banished goat , or a sum of money : these are metaphors . Paul and his audience share the belief that Jesus died as a martyr . Paul then uses three metaphors ( sacrifice , scapegoat , redemption ) to ...
... literally and ignored other aspects of Paul's theology , such as the spiritual trans- formation of believers . Atonement was separated from and given precedence over other biblical images of salvation . Further , these concepts of ...
... 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 given it to you for making ...
... literally carrying away sin , not impurity.14 Sin is literally " put . . . on the head of the goat , " and " the goat shall bear on itself all their iniquities to a barren region " ( Lev 16 : 21-22 , emphasis added ) . Furthermore ...
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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 |