The Logic of Reparative Substitution: Contemporary Restitution Models of Atonement, Divine Justice, and Somatic Death

The doctrine of Christ's atonement is a subject of recurrent interest to contemporary philosophical-theologians. The Penal Substitution theory of atonement, in particular, has precipitated a great deal of interest. In this article, we offer several reasons—reasons related to the nature of divin...

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Published in:Irish theological quarterly
Authors: Farris, Joshua R. (Author) ; Hamilton, S. Mark (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage [2018]
In: Irish theological quarterly
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Justification / Sin / Reparation / Satisfaction
IxTheo Classification:NBE Anthropology
NBM Doctrine of Justification
Further subjects:B Justice
B Atonement
B Satisfaction
B Reparation
B Penal Substitution
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Summary:The doctrine of Christ's atonement is a subject of recurrent interest to contemporary philosophical-theologians. The Penal Substitution theory of atonement, in particular, has precipitated a great deal of interest. In this article, we offer several reasons—reasons related to the nature of divine justice and somatic death—for thinking that a version of Anselm's Satisfaction theory of atonement is not only a viable, but preferable, Protestant theory of atonement to penal substitution.
ISSN:1752-4989
Contains:Enthalten in: Irish theological quarterly
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0021140017742804