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- Title
Abelard on Atonement: Through Love or Through Penal Substitution? Reading Abelard from a Peace Church Perspective.
- Authors
van Hulst, Fulco
- Abstract
Too often in Christian theology the violence Jesus underwent on the cross is considered to be a God-ordained necessary means to reconciliation between God and fallen humankind. The 'minority position' of moral influence atonement, which was originally formulated by Peter Abelard, points in a different direction from the most widely adhered to explanation that Jesus on the cross underwent the penalty due to fallen humanity. Reading Abelard through the lens of 'Narrative Christus Victor', an interpretation of the atonement developed by the Mennonite theologian J. Denny Weaver, offers a new and promising perspective. The violence Jesus underwent on the cross is human violence. This awareness, however, that is awakened first of all through the resurrection, leads to repentance and in the end to a renewed life. This is what atonement is about: the renewal of life into a life that is in accordance with the ethic of God's Kingdom inspired through the loving sacrifice of Christ.
- Subjects
THEOLOGY; RELIGION; VIOLENCE; ABELARD, Peter, 1079-1142; HUMAN beings; GOD in Christianity; JESUS Christ
- Publication
Baptistic Theologies, 2015, Vol 7, Issue 2, p14
- ISSN
1803-618X
- Publication type
Article