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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... Payment 8 Cleansing 10 Payment and Aversion 11 1.3 The Scapegoat Ritual 13 1.4 Internalization or Spiritualization 14 1.5 Cultic Labels for Noble Death 15 Chapter 2 : Paul's Cultic Metaphors 18 2.1 Atonement in Romans 18 Scapegoat : The ...
... payment or enduring a painful ordeal . In either view the goal of atonement is reconciliation between persons . Reconciliation is also revealed in the etymology of the English word " atonement , " a manufactured word derived from " at ...
... payment , then , could be lifesaving . Paul would frequently combine two or three of these images in one sentence , allowing each metaphor to inform and help interpret the other . Underlying all the metaphors is the notion that Jesus ...
... pay our debt , and restore the moral balance sheet . In this metaphor innocent suffering is legal tender . Innocent suffering has excess power , transferable power . 2. A combined judicial - scapegoat idea : Sin arouses God's wrath ...
... payment or compensation which acquits us from guilt . " 6 Such theology may indeed draw upon Paul's , but there are other themes in his teaching that should prevent the harsh and transactional elements from dominating . Further , Paul ...
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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 |