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Sep 14, 2015 · What I will discuss here as “problems with atonement theology” will be focused on the satisfaction view and some of its variants. The satisfaction view of atonement has dominated western Christianity for close to a millennium now.
May 27, 2016 · Rather as I see it, the fundamental challenge facing so-called penal theories of the atonement can be summarized in a question: was the guilt for our sins imputed to Christ or not? If not, then two questions arise: how can Christ, an innocent person, be justly punished for our sins?
Oct 25, 2021 · Because atonement theology sees Jesus’ death on the cross as an essential and irreplaceable part of Christ's work, Weaver suggests that atonement theology cannot be congruent with Jesus’ main mission of ushering in God's Kingdom.
- Benjamin J. Burkholder
- 2021
Oct 15, 2021 · This account does not deny the importance of faith or revelation to the Christian intellectual life; rather, it denies that faith and revelation properly belong to a separate activity called “theology” in distinction from another activity called “philosophy”.
- Michael J. Murray, Michael Rea
- 2002
Apr 5, 2023 · The Christian doctrine of the atonement states that Christ has atoned for human sins. This entry surveys the history of discussion of (i) the nature of atonement and its relation to other connected concepts, and (ii) theories of the Christian doctrine of atonement.
Two problems ensue: a practical problem of one’s motivation to be moral being sapped, and a theoretical problem of one’s motivation to be moral being inadequately justifiable.
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Nov 23, 2023 · Interrogating the political character of all theology—including atonement theologies—represents an ethical imperative for reflection about the truth-aptness of any doctrinal claim and the way it shapes for good or ill the identity and practice of communities of faith.
