Participation and Atonement: An Analytic and Constructive Account
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Overview
The atonement is at the heart of Christian doctrine. But how does it relate to the life of the church? And what difference does it make for worship and liturgy? Highly respected theologian Oliver Crisp sets out a new, comprehensive account of the nature of the atonement, exploring how this doctrine affects our participation in the life of God and in the shared life of the Christian community. Crisp builds on key insights from other historic substitutionary models of Christ's work while avoiding the problems plaguing penal substitution.
- Sets out a new, comprehensive account of the nature of the atonement
- Builds on key insights from other historic substitutionary models of Christ's work
- Explores how the doctrine of atonement affects the Christian's participation in the life of God
- Introduction
- Methodological Issues
- The Value and Necessity of Atonement
- Moral Exemplarism and Transformation
- The Ransom Motif
- Satisfaction Guaranteed
- Problems with Penal Substitution
- Sin and Salvation
- Representation and Atonement
- The Mystical Body of Christ
- Soteriological Synthesis
Part 1: Approaching the Atonement
Part 2: Models of Atonement
Part 3: Atonement and Salvation
Crisp does what the best theologians have always done: engage critically and sympathetically with the tradition and constructively develop it in conversation with old and new questions. Crisp has a finely honed theological and philosophical mind. This is one of the most important recent treatments of the doctrine of the atonement.
—Gavin D’Costa, professor of Catholic theology, University of Bristol
Among contemporary theologians, Oliver Crisp stands out for the unusual breadth and rigor of his historical and systematic work. Here he gives us his fully worked out theology of the atonement, constructed upon the foundation of historical figures from the church’s past and bold in its effort to refine and integrate the doctrines of covenant, original sin, Christ the second Adam, vicarious representation, satisfaction, union with Christ, and deification. This rich and rewarding book should enjoy a wide readership.
—Matthew Levering, James N. Jr. and Mary D. Perry Chair of Theology, Mundelein Seminary
In this rich, nuanced, and full-orbed account of salvation, Oliver Crisp brings new and salient insights to what Paul calls the ‘things of first importance.’ With characteristic clarity of thought and expression, Crisp sheds light on multiple aspects of soteriology: how we conceptualize atonement in the first place, the mechanism of atonement (the means by which Christ brings about the reconciliation of fallen humanity with God), the role of the Holy Spirit in salvation, and the relation of the individual to the church and to Christ. Crisp offers some friendly and welcome criticism of past and current thinking on atonement while constructing his own persuasive account of the atonement as participation in the divine life. Here Crisp combines the astuteness of philosophical thinking with years of theological reflection on Scripture and the divine nature to paint a picture of salvation that draws out deep insights into the steadfast intentions of a gracious and merciful God toward his beloved creatures.
—Lucy Peppiatt, principal, Westminster Theological Centre, United Kingdom
- Title: Participation and Atonement: An Analytic and Constructive Account
- Author: Oliver D. Crisp
- Publisher: Baker Academic
- Print Publication Date: 2022
- Logos Release Date: 2022
- Pages: 259
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
- Subject: Atonement
- ISBNs: 9780801049965, 9781493432219, 9781493432226, 0801049962, 1493432214, 1493432222
- Resource ID: LLS:PRTCPTNTNMNCCNT
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-11-02T00:20:44Z