Approaching the Atonement
Title | Approaching the Atonement PDF eBook |
Author | Oliver D. Crisp |
Publisher | InterVarsity Press |
Pages | 209 |
Release | 2020-02-11 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0830888543 |
Theologian Oliver Crisp explores the meaning of the cross and the various ways that the death of Jesus has been interpreted in the church's history—from ransom theory in the early church to penal substitutionary theory to more recent feminist critiques. What emerges is a more complex, expansive, and fruitful understanding of the atonement and its significance for the Christian faith today.
Christus Victor
Title | Christus Victor PDF eBook |
Author | Gustaf Aulen |
Publisher | Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Pages | 182 |
Release | 2003-09-05 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1725254174 |
Gustaf Aulen's classic work, 'Christus Victor', has long been a standard text on the atonement. Aulen applies history of ideas' methodology to historical theology in tracing the development of three views of the atonement. Aulen asserts that in traditional histories of the doctrine of the atonement only two views have usually been presented, the objective/Anselmian and the subjective/Aberlardian views. According to Aulen, however, there is another type of atonement doctrine in which Christ overcomes the hostile powers that hold humanity in subjection, at the same time that God in Christ reconciles the world to Himself. This view he calls the "classic" idea of the atonement. Because of its predominance in the New Testament, in patristic writings, and in the theology of Luther, Aulen holds that the classic type may be called the distinctively Christian idea of the atonement.
The Doctrine of Atonement
Title | The Doctrine of Atonement PDF eBook |
Author | Jack D. Kilcrease |
Publisher | Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Pages | 192 |
Release | 2018-03-22 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1532639066 |
Post-Enlightenment theology has frequently rejected the historic Christian doctrine of substitutionary atonement. For theologians standing in the tradition of the Lutheran Confessions, rejection of substitutionary atonement is particularly problematic because it endangers the unconditional nature of the justification through faith. If one rejects vicarious satisfaction, then the only alternative is to make redemption dependent on what sinners do for themselves. In this study, Jack Kilcrease argues for substitutionary atonement within the perspective of what he calls the "Confessional Lutheran Paradigm." The author also critiques a wide variety of modern Lutheran theologians' understandings of atonement: Werner Elert, Gustaf Aulen, Gustaf Wingren, Robert Jenson, Eberhard Jungel, Wolfhart Pannenberg, and Gerhard Forde. As Kilcrease demonstrates, although these authors often give many fine theological insights, their distortion or misrepresentation of the doctrine of atonement carriers over to a problematic understanding of law, gospel, and justification through faith.
The Apostles' Doctrine of the Atonement
Title | The Apostles' Doctrine of the Atonement PDF eBook |
Author | George Smeaton |
Publisher | Ravenio Books |
Pages | 573 |
Release | 2013-06-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN |
George Smeaton (1814–-89) was a theologian in the Free Church of Scotland, and a contemporary of Robert Murray McCheyne and the brothers Andrew and Horatius Bonar. He is best known for his twin volumes, "Christ's Doctrine of the Atonement" and "The Apostles' Doctrine of the Atonement."
The Doctrine of the Atonement
Title | The Doctrine of the Atonement PDF eBook |
Author | George Smeaton |
Publisher | Legare Street Press |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2022-10-27 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781016357548 |
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The Atonement
Title | The Atonement PDF eBook |
Author | William Lane Craig |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 106 |
Release | 2018-06-21 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9781108457408 |
How did Christ's death overcome the estrangement and condemnation of sinners before a holy God, so as to reconcile them to Him? A great variety of theories of the atonement have been offered over the centuries to make sense of the fact that Christ by his death has provided the means of reconciliation with God: ransom theories, satisfaction theories, moral influence theories, penal substitution theories, and so on. Competing theories need to be assessed by (i) their accord with biblical data and (ii) their philosophical coherence.
Gospel Principles
Title | Gospel Principles PDF eBook |
Author | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints |
Publisher | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
Pages | 298 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 1465101276 |
A Study Guide and a Teacher’s Manual Gospel Principles was written both as a personal study guide and as a teacher’s manual. As you study it, seeking the Spirit of the Lord, you can grow in your understanding and testimony of God the Father, Jesus Christand His Atonement, and the Restoration of the gospel. You can find answers to life’s questions, gain an assurance of your purpose and self-worth, and face personal and family challenges with faith.