Ransom theory in a new economy: Recontextualising a metaphor
This article demonstrates that an economic context is essential to the metaphor that Anselm of Canterbury and Peter Abelard used in their arguments against a ransom theory of atonement. Contrary to typical analyses, which suggest their metaphor makes a point about obedience or honour that slaves or...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2022
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Scottish journal of theology
Year: 2021, Volume: 74, Issue: 4, Pages: 312-322 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Abaelard, Peter 1079-1142
/ Anselm, Canterbury, Erzbischof, Heiliger 1033-1109
/ Ransom
/ Soteriology
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IxTheo Classification: | KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages NBK Soteriology |
Further subjects: | B
Economy
B Anselm of Canterbury B Peter Abelard B manorialism B ransom theory B Property |
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