Problems with Atonement: The Origins Of, and Controversy About, the Atonement DoctrineLiturgical Press, 2005 - 144 pagini The origins of atonement are found in Paul's writings. Popular Christian theology has understood them to mean that God demanded a bloody victim to pay for human sin. In Problems with Atonement Stephen Finlan examines the Christian doctrine of atonement and current debates about it. He considers its biblical foundation in Pauline texts, the Old Testament background, and the theological questions under discussion about atonement. He provides ancient historical background and raises questions, such as whether the Incarnation must be understood through the lens of atonement. Chapters are Chapter 1: Sacrifice and Scapegoat," "Chapter 2: Paul's Use of Cultic Imagery," "Chapter 3: Atonement afterPaul," "Chapter 4: Rationalizing the Atonement Doctrine," and "Chapter 5: The Incarnation." Stephen Finlan, PhD, is an adjunct professor of New Testament at Seton Hall University and Fordham University. He is the author of The Background and Content of Paul's Cultic Atonement Metaphors (Society of Biblical Culture, 2004). " |
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... the Calvinist notion that sacrifice involves " the setting aside of God's wrath " ( D. A. Carson , " Atonement in Romans 3 : 21-26 , " 130 ) . last 150 years , and draw attention to the pattern 2 Problems with Atonement.
... wrath , a need for salvation to be " bought with a price " ( 1 Cor 7:23 ) . Thus , despite his extended argu- ments , Paul's metaphors suggest that God is somehow manipulated , bought - off , appeased . Paul is a pragmatic preacher ...
... wrath . " 2 This is what the term " propitiation " means : appeasing and making peace with someone who is angry . Sacrificial ritual preserves this idea of the offering being persuasive3 or even coercive , but other ideas are added to ...
... wrath . It is significant that as soon as King Uzziah " became angry with the priests a leprous disease broke out on his forehead " ( 2 Chr 26:19 ) . It is made clear that " the Lord had struck him " and that " he was ex- cluded from ...
... wrath . " 33 Despite Hartley's resistance , this must be seen as an admission that sacrifice is propitiatory , even if it is only turning away wrath that has not yet manifested itself . Propitiation is certainly present in passages ...
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Pauls Use of Cultic Imagery | 39 |
Atonement after Paul | 63 |
Rationalizing the Atonement Doctrine | 84 |
The Incarnation | 117 |
Index of Modern Authors | 135 |
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