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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... Theologians 54 3.4 Atonement and Anti - Semitism 61 The Ritual Murder Accusation 62 Host Mysticism 64 Popes and Reformers 66 Shame Projection 68 Chapter 4 : Defenses of Atonement 70 4.1A Orthodox Defenses 71 Schmiechen's Ten Theories of ...
... Theology and Growth 123 6.3 The 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 ...
... Theological Monographs Series SBLDS 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 ...
... " ExpT 95 ( 1983-84 ) 9 ; James D. G. Dunn , The Theology of Paul the Apostle ( Grand Rapids : Eerdmans , 1998 ) 227 . Each one of these is a composite concept , combining 2 Options on Atonement in Christian Thought.
... theologians formulated concepts of atonement that took the metaphors quite literally and ignored other aspects of Paul's theology , such as the spiritual trans- formation of believers . Atonement was separated from and given precedence ...
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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 |