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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... God , as sacrifices were often understood to be ? Or does it mean that he died as a substitute victim , a stand - in for guilty humans ? Was sacrifice a pu- rification , a payment , a penal substitute , or did it symbolize inward moral ...
... God . Paul em- phasizes the outgoing love of God , but uses metaphors that imply that the death was a payment or offering to God . Paul's chosen emphasis on God's generosity stands in tension with what the metaphors imply . Paul argues that ...
... God's posi- tive response , and reconciliation and justification correspond to the transformed or cleansed status that ritual participants receive . Whether in ritual or in ritual metaphor , what is done evokes a desired response from God ...
... God . The verbal root nuah means rest , so it is a restful or " tran- quilizing " aroma , pacifying God's anger , as shown in Genesis 8:21 , where " Noah's sacrifices assuaged God's wrath . " 2 This is what the term " propitiation ...
... God could lash out even at people with the best of intentions , as at Uzzah , who reached out to steady the ark of the covenant when the oxen jostled it , and was then smitten dead by God ( 2 Sam 6 : 6-7 ) . Whether one is a ...
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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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