Making Sense of Atonement: What Kind of Sense?

Scholars in recent decades have attempted to rethink a theology of the atonement in light of feminist and pacifist critiques. This article addresses, not the substance of atonement, but the question of whether and how the work of Christ does or does not make sense. I take the position that it does m...

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Main Author: Crysdale, Cynthia S. W. 1953- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: SAGE Publishing 2019
In: Anglican theological review
Year: 2019, Volume: 101, Issue: 3, Pages: 467-481
IxTheo Classification:KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KDB Roman Catholic Church
NBE Anthropology
NBF Christology
NBK Soteriology
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Summary:Scholars in recent decades have attempted to rethink a theology of the atonement in light of feminist and pacifist critiques. This article addresses, not the substance of atonement, but the question of whether and how the work of Christ does or does not make sense. I take the position that it does make sense as long as we qualify what kind of "sense" we are talking about. By developing a section of Bernard Lonergan's 1958 address entitled "The Redemption," I examine different aspects of the intelligibility that we can ascribe to a robust theology of atonement. In this way we can avoid some of the graver misunderstandings and pastoral misuses of the gospel message of redemption.
ISSN:2163-6214
Contains:Enthalten in: Anglican theological review
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/000332861910100305