RT Article
T1 Atonement and Action Theory: A Novel Framework for Approaching Models of Atonement
JF The Evangelical quarterly
VO 93
IS 1
SP 1
OP 19
A1 Woznicki, Christopher
A1 Vidu, Adonis
LA English
PB Brill
YR 2022
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1800325622
AB We argue that a better understanding of the nature of action descriptions can provide a more appropriate framework for relating metaphors and models of atonement than other frameworks that are on offer today. We begin by describing a problem that arises with the framework employed by what we call pluralist and hierarchalist approaches, namely, that the approaches operate with an understanding of metaphors best suited for inanimate objects. On the other hand, action theory—a philosophical subject that has for the most part been ignored by theologians—and more specifically, action descriptions, are better suited to describe the actions of agents. By shifting our attention to action descriptions, we will be able to retain both what pluralists are after—a notion of the multiple perspectives on atonement—and what hierarchalists are after—a nuanced and differentiated way to account for their metaphors and models of atonement.
K1 Philosophical Theology
K1 Models
K1 Metaphors
K1 Atonement
K1 Action theory
DO 10.1163/27725472-09301009