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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... means some it means providing some kind of gift or apology in order to repair a damaged relationship . For others such repair ( if it is to be called atone- ment ) must mean making a costly payment or enduring a painful ordeal . In ...
... means danger , retaliation , and penalty . Actually a limited penalty is welcomed , since paying it mollifies the deity's wrath . The alternative is death . Numinous awe and danger surround ritual objects : Nadab and Abihu offer up ...
... means conciliating , placating , wiping clean , or paying off . The ritual assumes an environment of potential divine vio- lence and a remedy based on either placation or magic . Whichever meta- 13 Israel Knohl , " The Sin Offering Law ...
... means being " declared just " or " made just . " In the context of the trial of the soul before God it means acquittal ( being " declared just " in court ) . An important additional meaning , though , is the actual making just or change ...
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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 |