Atonement
The concept of the atonement is one of the defining doctrine of Christianity. Over the course of many centuries, theologians, church forefathers, philosophers and more have proposed a huge expanse of interpretations of Christ's sacrifice for humanity, each different to the next. In this ambitious study, Eleonore Stump uses the context of this history of interpretation to reconsider the doctrine afresh with philosophical care. Whatever exactly the atonement is, it is supposed to include a soluti…
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- Full title :Atonement / Eleonore Stump.
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The concept of the atonement is one of the defining doctrine of Christianity. Over the course of many centuries, theologians, church forefathers, philosophers and more have proposed a huge expanse of interpretations of Christ's sacrifice for humanity, each different to the next. In this ambitious study, Eleonore Stump uses the context of this history of interpretation to reconsider 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, highlighting their shortcomings as an explanation for this solution. In their place, she argues for an interpretation that is both novel whilst still using traditional theology, including Anselm's well-known account of the doctrine. Atonement is a rich exploration of the doctrine and all that it covers: love, union, guilt, shame, forgiveness, retribution, punishment, shared attention, mind-reading, empathy, and various other issues in moral psychology and ethics.
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- Publication Date:©2018
- Edition:First edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:Oxford, UK
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2018
The Physical Object
- Description:xv, 538 pages ; : 24 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780198813866, 0198813864, 9780198867746, 0198867743
- oclc:on1028589210
- LC Classification:BT265.3
- Dewey Decimal:232.3
Table of Contents
Part I. What is wanted, what is needed to get what is wanted, and what will not work. Methodology, problems, and desiderata ; Guilt, shame, and satisfaction ; The Anselmian interpretation of the Atonement: love, goodness, justice, and forgiveness -- Part II. What is wanted: What it is not and what it is. Union: God's omnipresence and indwelling ; Mutual indwelling and the cry of dereliction from the Cross ; Willing what God wills: Eckhart and Aquinas ; Life in grace -- Part III. What is needed to get what is wanted and the Atonement of Christ. The Temptations of Christ and other stories ; Perseverance: Eucharist and suffering -- Part IV. The desiderata for an interpretation of the doctrine of the Atonement. The Atonement and the solution to the problems of guilt and shame ; Conclusion: The remaining desiderata and final reflection.
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