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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... never meant to speak of a change in God's attitude but only to change the human tendency to commit , and to lie about , violence . Many Christians are reassessing what they were taught as children , that " Jesus was killed for you ...
... never again curse the ground because of humankind ' " ( Gen 8:2l ) . Whole offerings , sometimes accompanied by peace offerings ( as in 2 Sam 24:25 ) were " occasionally offered to propitiate the wrath of Jahweh , especially in times of ...
... never done to a sacrificial animal . Scapegoat is a very ancient rite of naturalistic ( literal ) sin expul- sion , one where the Deity's attitude is not mentioned , nor need it be . If 14 Milgrom , Leviticus 17–22 . AB 3A ( Garden City ...
... never far away . Spiritualization , then , is a limited blessing , partly uplifting , but partly covering over a failure to be uplifted . Paul's Cultic Metaphors 2 Ο ur oldest written sources of The Roots of Atonement 17.
... never translated " sacrificial victim " or " sacrificial ritual " in the LXX or other Greek literature . In the LXX hilasterion usually refers to the mercy seat in the wilderness taber- nacle or in the Jerusalem Temple , occasionally to ...
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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 |