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Atonement theories : a way through the maze / Ben Pugh.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Eugene, Oregon : Cascade Books, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 190 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781630874209
  • 1630874205
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Atonement theoriesDDC classification:
  • 234/.5 23
LOC classification:
  • BT265.3 .P84 2014eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Part 1. Christus Victor. The ransom to Satan -- Recapitulation and theosis -- part 2. Objective theories. Satisfaction guaranteed: Anselm -- Luther and Calvin -- The nineteenth century -- Twentieth- and twenty-first-century developments -- part 3. Subjective theories. The cross as transformative revelation -- "The Spirit comes from the cross": the pneumatological synthesis -- part 4. A new option? Anthropological theories. The story of nonviolent atonement -- The way through the maze: some initial deductions -- Conclusion.
Summary: With the subject of the atonement of Christ attracting such a lot of polemical work at this time, it is easy to conclude that the current debate is generating more heat than light. Atonement Theories presents the beginning student, pastor, or researcher with an accessible and fair treatment of every school of thought on this subject. Atonement Theories significantly updates previous histories of the doctrine, providing analysis of some fascinating and highly significant recent developments. It also intriguingly highlights at various points where aspects of this central message of Christianity.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)845605

Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-188) and index.

Part 1. Christus Victor. The ransom to Satan -- Recapitulation and theosis -- part 2. Objective theories. Satisfaction guaranteed: Anselm -- Luther and Calvin -- The nineteenth century -- Twentieth- and twenty-first-century developments -- part 3. Subjective theories. The cross as transformative revelation -- "The Spirit comes from the cross": the pneumatological synthesis -- part 4. A new option? Anthropological theories. The story of nonviolent atonement -- The way through the maze: some initial deductions -- Conclusion.

Print version record.

With the subject of the atonement of Christ attracting such a lot of polemical work at this time, it is easy to conclude that the current debate is generating more heat than light. Atonement Theories presents the beginning student, pastor, or researcher with an accessible and fair treatment of every school of thought on this subject. Atonement Theories significantly updates previous histories of the doctrine, providing analysis of some fascinating and highly significant recent developments. It also intriguingly highlights at various points where aspects of this central message of Christianity.