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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... saving power of the death of Jesus developed in the early Greek - speaking churches and developed further over the centuries in works written in Latin and other languages . When I speak of " atonement " I am referring to this group of ...
... saving death : " for our paschal lamb , Christ , has been sacrificed " ( 1 Cor 5 : 7 ) . 1.3 The Scapegoat Ritual Another violent cultic image is that of the expulsion ritual , of which the best known is the scapegoat in the Hebrew cult ...
... saving the nation or securing victory in war ; in the great play Antigone , Sophocles ' heroine dies for " the holiest laws of heaven " 22__ showing proper respect for the dead body , which is also important for the soul . Repeatedly ...
... saving effect on others ? This is where atonement ideas , as such , come in . Paul claims that the Antioch Christians who instructed him in the gospel taught him that " Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures " ( 1 ...
... saving effect of the death of Christ : reconciliation ( 5 : 9-11 , 19 ; 11:15 ) and adoption ( 8 : 15-17 , 22-23 ; 9 : 4 ) . Reconciliation ( katallage ) is diplomatic , signifying restoration of a damaged relationship , and can refer ...
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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 |