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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... 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 Expulsion of Sin 22 Blending Redemption and Expulsion 24 2.2 The ...
... Ritual Murder Accusation 62 Host Mysticism 64 Popes and Reformers 66 Shame Projection 68 Chapter 4 : Defenses of Atonement 70 4.1A Orthodox Defenses 71 Schmiechen's Ten Theories of Atonement 71 Rahner and Balthasar 75 Wheeler ...
... ritual , not to " extremist sect , " despite the usage in popular media . Every religious community has a cultic practice that communicates the values and reinforces the social boundaries of the group . The centerpiece of the Jewish ...
... ritual pattern . The physical purity of a spotless animal is equated with the spiritual purity of the righteous Messiah . Because of his purity status the Messiah's death has ritual effectiveness : the power to cleanse sins . The death ...
... ritual purification or as redemption payment ? I see the proposed solutions falling mostly into three categories : primitivizing , spiritualiz- ing , and rejecting . One group affirms the primitive and violent ideas ; another group ...
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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 |