Atonement and violence: a theological conversation
Recent years have witnessed a series of books, articles, and lectures raising serious questions about the Christian doctrine of the Atonement. While coming from a variety of sources, the questions usually center around the central issue of atonement and violence. Doesn't the Atonement promote t...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Nashville, Tenn.
Abingdon
c2006
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| In: | Year: 2006 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Crucifixion
/ Christianity
/ Non-violence
/ Reconciliation
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| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Atonement B Nonviolence Religious aspects Christianity B Jesus Christ Crucifixion B Sacrifice Christianity B Violence Religious aspects Christianity |
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| Summary: | Recent years have witnessed a series of books, articles, and lectures raising serious questions about the Christian doctrine of the Atonement. While coming from a variety of sources, the questions usually center around the central issue of atonement and violence. Doesn't the Atonement promote the idea of violence on the part of God? If so, isn't such violence incompatible with a God of love? Doesn't this doctrine send the wrong signal, excusing and perhaps even promoting such things as child abuse? Is it time to abandon what has become an outmoded and harmful doctrine? The authors of this book claim that to abandon the Christian doctrine of the Atonement is to abandon the central witness of the Gospel, for atonement speaks of nothing less than God's reconciliation of the world in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. However, to believe in the atoning death of Jesus Christ does not mean that one believes that God has engaged in cosmic child abuse. Drawing on the classical theories of the Atonement, engaging in creative theological construction, they present set of cogent, cohesive alternatives to either rejecting the doctrine out of hand, or uncritically accepting it. |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0687342945 |