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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... Society of Biblical Literature Dissertation Series SBLSP — Society of Biblical Literature Seminar Papers SJT — Scottish Journal of Theology TDNT — Theological Dictionary of the New Testament Introduction What Is Atonement ? wide range ...
... Society , 1887 ) 64 . " Jean Calvin , Institutes of the Christian Religion 2.16.7 ; 17.7 , trans . Henry Beveridge ( Grand Rapids : Eerdmans , 1975 ) 1 : 440 , 457 . with later parts of the Bible even critiquing or " Introduction 5.
... societies . Later 1 will examine a number of particular options on atonement , finishing with a discussion of spiritual growth and religious philosophic progress . 7 Rom 5 : 15-17 ; 6:23 ; 2 Cor 3:17 ; Gal 5 : 1 , 13 . 81 Cor 6:20 ; 7 ...
... society . Everyone is expected to conform to certain purity codes and procedures , but the priests are subject to many more purity restrictions because they have access to the realm of the Holy . Transgression , the crossing of ...
... Society ( Chicago : University of Chicago Press , 1985 ) 39 , 42 , 213 n . 77 , 214 n . 88 . 19 I refer to internalization as Level Three spiritualization , among the six levels of spiritualization 1 discern ( Finlan , Background and ...
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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 |