Mapping Atonement: The Doctrine of Reconciliation in Christian History and Theology
- Grand Rapids, Michigan Baker Academic 2022
- 240p 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-236) and index.
Introduction: What Is Atonement? 1 1. Atonement as Incarnation: Irenaeus and Athanasius 15 2. Atonement as Christus Victor: Church Fathers and Gustaf Aulén 38 3. Atonement as Satisfaction: Anselm of Canterbury 61 4. Atonement as Divine Love: Peter Abelard and the Wesleys 82 5. Atonement as Fittingness: Thomas Aquinas 101 6. Atonement as Penal Substitution: John Calvin and Charles Hodge 126 7. Atonement as Moral Example: Hastings Rashdall 153 8. Atonement as Reconciliation: Karl Barth 176 9. Atonement Today 201
"This introduction traces the origins, development, and divergent streams of atonement theology throughout the Christian tradition and proposes key criteria by which we can assess their value"--