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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... sins of the community . Actually , the judicial element is somewhat subdued because it is the personal wrath of God that is emphasized . 3. A combined cultic sacrificial - moral idea : Here the death fits into a ritual pattern . The ...
Stephen Finlan. idea of " Christ dying for our sins " was not the emphasis of the Jerusalem church , but before long it became the dominant teaching in the Gentile churches . At several key points in Christian history certain theologians ...
... sins , and sins committed by lesser persons , can be cleansed at any time ; every Sabbath the priests conduct sacrifice and apply the sacrificial blood to the horns of the outer altar and the incense altar , expunging involuntary sin ...
... sins . . . . Our living Lord is angry for a little while , to ... discipline us , " 2 Mace 6:16 ; 7 : 32-33 ) . The deaths are vicariously beneficial to others ( " let our punishment suffice for them . Make my blood their purification ...
... sins in accordance with the scriptures " ( 1 Cor 15 : 3 ) . The crucifixion is central to his proclamation : " I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ , and him crucified " ( 1 Cor 2 : 2 ) . Christ's action was heroic ...
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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 |