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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Penal Substitutionary Atonement"”.
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A taxonomy of contemporary versions of penal substitutionary atonement
Penal substitutionary atonement is understood to be a central tenant of conservative evangelicalism’s understanding of the cross. However, what is understood to be ‘penal substitution’ is not as straightforward. Theologian, Oliver Crisp, has noted the variations of this doctrine amongst its …
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Penal Substitutionary Atonement as the Basis for New Covenant and New Creation
This study will demonstrate that penal substitutionary atonement is necessary for the new creation. The new covenant promises are inaugurated at Jesus’ death and at Pentecost when the Spirit indwells Christians; the promises are consummated in the new heavens and the new earth. Jesus says that his …
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Equipping Small Group Leaders of Laurelglen Bible Church in Bakersfield, California, to Know and Defend Six Foundational Christian Doctrines
… of inerrancy, the Trinity, the deity of Christ, penal substitutionary atonement, Christ’s resurrection, and justification by faith. Chapter 3 explains significant theoretical, practical, and historical issues related to this project. Chapter 4 gives the details and description of the ministry …
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De Impassibilitate Et Satisfactione: An Examination of the Methodological Implications of Trinitarian Classical Theism for the Doctrine of the Atonement
… Second, evangelical works on the doctrine of the atonement have shifted away from penal substitution as the central metaphor of the atonement. Both of these trends warrant an examination of the implications for Trinitarian classical theism with regard to penal substitutionary atonement. Both of …
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The Courtroom and the Created Order: How Penal Substitution Brings about New Creation
This dissertation argues that penal substitutionary atonement is necessary for transformation of the created order. This assertion answers the charge that an atonement model that deals with forensic judgments, the moment of justification, and a focus on the individual serves as an obstacle to God's …
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The Catholic Calvin: A study on the satisfaction of Christ and the necessity of the cross in John Calvin’s theology
… often assumed that he was an early architect of penal substitutionary atonement (PSA) in its most retributive form. This has often led to portrayals of Calvin as teaching that God the Father punished the Son to satisfy divine wrath. Such readings not only flatten Calvin’s theology but also …
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The defiled self: towards a theological response to the experiential phenomenon of defilement amongst adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse
… aim is to test the efficacy of three models of atonement in resolving the difficulties of the Defiled Self. Anselmian Satisfaction, Penal Substitutionary Atonement and Christus Victor are examined using criteria informed by the psychological and theological conceptualisations of the Defiled …
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Gregory of Nyssa’s Soteriological Imaginary as a Resource for Nonviolent Soteriology
… feminist critiques of the doctrine of the atonement and responds to them by presenting several patterns of constructive, nonviolent atonement language resourced from Gregory of Nyssa’s theology. Chapter One introduces the topic of theological language that is fundamental to feminist …