'Once For All': the tense of the atonement

Does a proper understanding of the Atonement - the restoration of mankind’s relationship with God as a result of Christ’s sacrifice - require a particular conception of time? It has been suggested that it does, and that the relevant conception is a ‘tensed’ or ‘dynamic’ one, in which distinctions be...

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Main Author: Le Poidevin, Robin 1962- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Innsbruck in cooperation with the John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham [2016]
In: European journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2016, Volume: 8, Issue: 4, Pages: 179-194
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Atonement teaching / Space-time
IxTheo Classification:NBA Dogmatics
NBF Christology
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Summary:Does a proper understanding of the Atonement - the restoration of mankind’s relationship with God as a result of Christ’s sacrifice - require a particular conception of time? It has been suggested that it does, and that the relevant conception is a ‘tensed’ or ‘dynamic’ one, in which distinctions between past, present and future reflect the objective passage of time. This paper examines two arguments that might be given for that contention, and finds that both may be answered by appeal to the asymmetry of causation. The Atonement leaves us free to think of all times as equally real, as traditionally they are for God.
Contains:Enthalten in: European journal for philosophy of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.24204/ejpr.v8i4.1762