The Doctrine of the Atonement
The Doctrine of the Atonement

Author: George Smeaton

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2022-10-27

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781016357548

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Atonement and the Death of Christ
Atonement and the Death of Christ

Author: William Lane Craig

Publisher:

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 9781481312080

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Through his death on the cross, Christ atoned for sin and so reconciled people to God. New Testament authors drew upon a range of metaphors and motifs to describe this salvific act, and down through history Christian thinkers have tried to articulate various theories to explain the atonement. While Christ's sacrifice serves as a central tenet of the Christian faith, the mechanism of atonement--exactly how Christ effects our salvation--remains controversial and ambiguous to many Christians. In Atonement and the Death of Christ, William Lane Craig conducts an interdisciplinary investigation of this crucial Christian doctrine, drawing upon Old and New Testament studies, historical theology, and analytic philosophy. The study unfolds in three discrete parts: Craig first explores the biblical basis of atonement and unfolds the wide variety of motifs used to characterize this doctrine. Craig then highlights some of the principal alternative theories of the atonement offered by great Christian thinkers of the premodern era. Lastly, Craig's exploration delves into a constructive and innovative engagement with philosophy of law, which allows an understanding of atonement that moves beyond mystery and into the coherent mechanism of penal substitution. Along the way, Craig enters into conversation with contemporary systematic theories of atonement as he seeks to establish a position that is scripturally faithful and philosophically sound. The result is a multifaceted perspective that upholds the suffering of Christ as a substitutionary, representational, and redemptive act that satisfies divine justice. In addition, this carefully reasoned approach addresses the rich tapestry of Old Testament imagery upon which the first Christians drew to explain how the sinless Christ saved his people from the guilt of their sins.

The Apostles' Doctrine of the Atonement
The Apostles' Doctrine of the Atonement

Author: George Smeaton

Publisher: Ravenio Books

Published: 2013-06-01

Total Pages: 573

ISBN-13:

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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."

Gospel Principles
Gospel Principles

Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

Publisher: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 1465101276

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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.

The Nature of the Atonement
The Nature of the Atonement

Author: James K. Beilby

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 2009-08-20

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 0830877282

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James K. Beilby and Paul R. Eddy edit a collection of essays on four views of atonement: the healing view, the Christus victor view, the kaleidoscopic view and the penal substitutionary view. This is a book that will help Christians understand the issues, grasp the differences and proceed toward a clearer articulation of their understanding of the atonement.

Christ's Doctrine of the Atonement
Christ's Doctrine of the Atonement

Author: George Smeaton

Publisher: Ravenio Books

Published: 2014-08-31

Total Pages: 460

ISBN-13:

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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." This classic is organized as follows: Preliminary Remarks Chapter I. The Sources of Our Knowledge in the Recorded Sayings of Jesus, and the Mode of Investigation Chapter II. The Postulates or Presuppositions of the Doctrine of, the Atonement Chapter III. The Constituent Elements of the Atonement Chapter IV. The Effects of Christ’s Death Chapter V. The Relation of the Atonement to Other Interests in the Universe Chapter VI. The Actual Efficacy of the Atonement, or the Question for Whom It Was Specially Offered Chapter VII. The Application of the Atonement Chapter VIII. The Endless Happiness or Woe of Mankind Decided by the Reception or Rejection of the Atonement

Christus Victor
Christus Victor

Author: Gustaf Aulen

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2003-09-05

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 1725254174

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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.

Atonement
Atonement

Author: Eleonore Stump

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 557

ISBN-13: 0198813864

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"The doctrine of the Atonement is the distinctive doctrine of Christianity. Over the course of many centuries of reflection, highly diverse interpretations of the doctrine have been proposed. In the context of this history of interpretation, Eleonore Stump considers the doctrine afresh with philosophical care. Whatever exactly the Atonement is, it is supposed to include a solution to the problems of the human condition, especially its guilt and shame. Stump canvasses the major interpretations of the doctrine that attempt to explain this solution and argues that all of them have serious shortcomings. In their place, she argues for an interpretation that is both novel and yet traditional and that has significant advantages over other interpretations, including Anselm's well-known account of the doctrine. In the process, she also discusses love, union, guilt, shame, forgiveness, retribution, punishment, shared attention, mind-reading, empathy, and various other issues in moral psychology and ethics."--

The Atonement
The Atonement

Author: William Lane Craig

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-06-21

Total Pages: 106

ISBN-13: 9781108457408

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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.