Sacrifice and Atonement : Psychological Motives and Biblical Patterns /

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Beneath the commonplace affirmation that Jesus "paid for our sins" lie depths of implication: did God demand a blood sacrifice to assuage divine anger? Is sacrifice (consciously or unconsciously) intended to induce the deity to show favor? What underlies the various metaphors for atonement...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Finlan, Stephen (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2016
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Sacrifice > Biblical teaching.
Sacrifice > Psychology.
Sacrifice.
Atonement > Biblical teaching.
Atonement > Psychology.
Atonement.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Atonement as purification
  • 2. Atonement as compensation or reciprocity
  • 3. Attachment, cruelty, and coping
  • 4. Rescue and disgust in Paul
  • 5. Answers to atonement
  • 6. Fear and loathing in the Epistle to the Hebrews
  • 7. Atonement played out
  • Conclusion.

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