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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... present in each of these concepts . The elements that explain how that substitution works in each of these cases are , respectively , 1. A combined judicial - commercial - moral idea : Sin incurs judicial guilt , and such guilt is ...
... present in our Scriptures ; it is easier to say that all difficulties lie in a misinterpretation or distortion of the Scriptures , which is , after all , largely true . But contradictory messages can be found even in the same biblical ...
... present " ) and Proverbs 16:14 ( " a king's wrath . . . appease it " ) ; or Yhwh's , as in Numbers 8:19 ( averting punishment for encroachment on sacred territory ) and Exodus 32:30 ( trying to persuade God not to lash out after the ...
... present in P. Thus there can be a dual meaning in H. In either case the sacrifice has literal value ; it is not just a symbol enacted to dramatize cleansing or gift giving ; it is literally cleansing ( P and H ) or gift giving ( J and H ) ...
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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 |