Redemptive suffering: Christ's alone
In recent years feminists and others have taken issue with traditional understandings of the atonement. Part of their criticism has been the assertion that to glorify Christ's suffering entails glorifying all suffering, a connection that potentially leads to abusive behaviour. Suffering, they c...
| Published in: | Scottish journal of theology |
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2007
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Scottish journal of theology
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Suffering
/ Vicarious role (Theology)
/ Jesus Christus
/ Atoning death
/ Uniqueness
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| IxTheo Classification: | NBF Christology NBK Soteriology |
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Volltext (doi) |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | In recent years feminists and others have taken issue with traditional understandings of the atonement. Part of their criticism has been the assertion that to glorify Christ's suffering entails glorifying all suffering, a connection that potentially leads to abusive behaviour. Suffering, they claim, is not redemptive - ever. In this article I argue that, based on the biblical text, at least one instance of suffering, the suffering of Christ, is redemptive. In addition, I argue that redemptive suffering is unique to Christ. Human suffering is not redemptive and should not be spoken of in those terms. |
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| ISSN: | 0036-9306 |
| Contains: | In: Scottish journal of theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0036930607003717 |