The mystery of atonement and Swinburne's reparation theory
Traditional Christianity holds that Jesus Christ somehow helps to bring about our salvation. A theory of atonement' is a theory about how he does this. One influential and elegant theory of atonement is Richard Swinburne's reparation theory. In this article, I contend that this theory fai...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2017]
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Religious studies
Year: 2017, Volume: 53, Issue: 1, Pages: 133-141 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Swinburne, Richard 1934-
/ Forgiveness of sins (motif)
/ Jesus Christus
/ Mediator
/ Redemption
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| IxTheo Classification: | NBF Christology NBK Soteriology |
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| Summary: | Traditional Christianity holds that Jesus Christ somehow helps to bring about our salvation. A theory of atonement' is a theory about how he does this. One influential and elegant theory of atonement is Richard Swinburne's reparation theory. In this article, I contend that this theory fails to satisfy an important condition of adequacy on theories of atonement that has been overlooked in the literature. I first argue that in order to be plausible, a theory of atonement must not imply that failure to believe in the correct theory of atonement greatly hinders one from being benefited by Christ's salvific work. I then argue that reparation theory does have this problematic implication. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-901X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religious studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0034412515000566 |