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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... punishment he endured were sufficient to serve our penalty , 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 ...
... punishing wrath of God onto his innocent son . What kind of " father " would make forgiveness conditional upon such ... punishment - bearing , for " Jesus took the hit for me " ; " Jesus bled and died for me " ; " that should have been ...
... punishment or that the blood takes on the stain of sin . Rather , it is the Temple that has been corrupted , and blood is a cleanser.11 Sacrifice was propitiatory for J but was protective and cleansing for P ( the Priestly author ) ...
... punishment suffice for them . Make my blood their purification , " 4 Macc . 6 : 28-29 ) . The wrath of divine retribution hangs over the whole scene ; martyrdom is a way to escape the wrath , even to appease the wrathful one , but it in ...
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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 |