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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... Atonement Metaphor or the Family Model ? 6.4 Destiny and Spirituality 128 Bibliography 133 Index of Modern Authors 139 Index of Ancient Texts 141 Abbreviations AARA - American Academy of Religion Academy series AB Contents vii.
... 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 of God's chosen one has a vicarious cleans- ing power that the animal ...
... spiritual trans- formation of believers . Atonement was separated from and given precedence over other biblical images of salvation . Further , these concepts of atonement were detached from the vitality of personal religious experience ...
... spiritual progress and transformation , focusing instead upon crude ideas of Jesus ' death as a payoff , a sacrifice , a punishment - bearing , for " Jesus took the hit for me " ; " Jesus bled and died for me " ; " that should have been ...
... 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 ; 7:23 ; Acts 20:28 . The Roots of Atonement 1 1.1 Holiness At tonement draws 6 Options on Atonement in Christian ...
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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 |