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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... say that God was not persuaded in any way ; rather , God , in Jesus , was participating in human suffering , proving that violence was ultimately powerless or showing us how deeply involved we are in collective vio- lence directed ...
... says the old covenant has a fading glory while the new covenant has a per- manent glory . How does our understanding ... say that all difficulties lie in a misinterpretation or distortion of the Scriptures , which is , after all ...
... says feeding God is " not to be found in Israel " —and promptly goes on to admit that feeding God was " the original aim " of table , bread , altar , and candelabrum and that evidence of it is found " in some sacrificial idioms of the ...
... say that the animal's death is a substitutionary 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 ...
... says an Indian text , while Jewish texts say God wants the sacrifice of a " contrite heart " or of " thanksgiving " more than an " ox or a bull " ( Pss 51 : 16-17 ; 50 : 12-14 ; 69 : 30-31 ) . This can be called " interiorized " or ...
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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 |