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Problems With Atonement

by: Finlan, Stephen

Problems With Atonement

by: Finlan, Stephen

ISBN 13:
9780814652206
ISBN 10:
0814652204
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 10/30/2005
Publisher: Michael Glazier

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Summary

What kind of God would require human sacrifice for the redemption of sin? That's a question many Christians are debating today, despite long held belief that Jesus died on a cross to atone for human sin. Problems with Atonement puts the current debate over atonement theologies in perspective by examining the range of historical teachings and their biblical underpinnings in Paul.

Abbreviations

vii

Standards

viii

Introduction

(10)

The Incarnation

(2)

Ritual Atonement Metaphors

(3)

The Logic(s) of Atonement

(3)

Chapter 1: Sacrifice and Scapegoat

(28)

1.1 Hebrew Sacrifice

(9)

1.1.1 As a Gift

(1)

1.1.2 For Purification

(3)

1.1.3 Purifying the Temple

(2)

1.1.4 The Kippering of Sin

(2)

1.1.5 The Basic Meanings of Sacrifice

(1)

1.2 Spiritualization

(9)

1.3 Typological Interpretation

(2)

1.4. Expulsion Rituals

(6)

1.4.1 Gentile Expulsion Rites

(2)

1.4.2 OT Expulsion Rituals

(3)

1.5 Using Scapegoat to Christianize Sacrifice

(2)

Chapter 2: Paul's Use of Cultic Imagery

(24)

2.1 The Sacrificial Metaphor in Romans 3:25

(3)

2.2 Scapegoat and New Creation in 2 Corinthians 5:21

(2)

2.3 The Currency of the Curse in Galatians 3:13

(4)

2.3.1 Redemption and Curse

(2)

2.3.2 Covenants and Curses

(2)

2.4 The Body of Sin in Romans 6 to 8

(2)

2.5 Summary of Paul's Expulsion Imagery

(2)

2.6 Hellenistic and "Noble Death" Motifs

(3)

2.7 Cultic and Social Metaphors

(2)

2.8 Pauline Soteriology

(6)

2.8.1 Explaining the Messiah to the Gentiles

(1)

2.8.2 What Does "Dying for Us" Mean?

(2)

2.8.3 Your Faith Has Saved You?

(3)

Chapter 3: Atonement after Paul

(21)

3.1 Domesticating Paul

(3)

3.1.1 The Conservative Deutero-Pauline Tradition

(1)

3.1.2 Making Redemption Dominant

(2)

3.2 Development of the Doctrines of Atonement

(13)

3.2.1 The Rescue Theories

(2)

3.2.2 Augustine and Gregory the Great

(2)

3.2.3 The Satisfaction Theory

(3)

3.2.4 The Moral Influence Theory

(1)

3.2.5 Reformation Theories

(4)

3.3 The Psychology of Atonement

(5)

3.3.1 Why Atonement Is Compelling

(3)

3.3.2 The Guilt-Gratitude Cycle

(2)

Chapter 4: Rationalizing the Atonement Doctrine

(33)

4.1 Restating Atonement

(1)

4.2 Redefining Sacrifice

(10)

4.2.1 Sacrifice as Soul-Repair

(2)

4.2.2 Sacrifice as Sacred Violence

(7)

4.2.2.1 The Theory of Girard

(5)

4.2.2.2 Exonerating Paul

(2)

4.3 Critiques of Atonement

(10)

4.3.1 Winter's Critique of Inadequate Atonement Theories

(2)

4.3.2 Weaver: Improving the Atonement

(2)

4.3.3 Wink: A Nearly Pacifist Gospel

100

(4)

4.3.4 Feminist Rejection of a Gospel of Suffering

104

(2)

4.4 Atonement: A Call for the Question

106

(3)

4.4.1 Is the Atonement Metaphor Inherently Flawed?

106

(2)

4.4.2 Can the Sacrifice Metaphor Be Spiritualized?

108

(1)

4.5 Did Jesus Have to Be Killed?

109

(2)

4.6 The Soteriology of Jesus

111

(6)

4.6.1 The Hosea Principle

112

(1)

4.6.2 Jesus at Odds with Ritual Correctness

113

(4)

Chapter 5: The Incarnation

117

(8)

5.1 The Incarnation Interpreted through Secondary Doctrines

117

(3)

5.2 Theosis

120

(5)

Bibliography

125

(10)

Index of Modern Authors

135

(3)

Index of Ancient Texts

138

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Problems With Atonement

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