Salvation Not Purchased

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Stephen Finlan. Salvation Not Purchased

Salvation Not Purchased

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Assumptions about God

Why Was Jesus Killed?

Sacrificial Thinking

Christian Theology of Ransom-Sacrifice

Psychological Problems with Atonement

What of Christology?

Bibliography

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“Stephen Finlan offers a lucid and thorough critique of the view that ‘Christ died for our sins’ is a central tenet of Christianity. He shows that neither Jesus himself, nor much of the New Testament, nor the Greek patristic tradition thought so. Sacrificial metaphors, used in diverse ways by the apostle Paul, had an afterlife in Christian theology, abetted by psychological and social needs. This will be a provocative and illuminating read for pastors and lay Christians alike.”

—Harold W. Attridge

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1. I am using the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) for Bible quotes, except when otherwise indicated.

2. Grimsrud, Instead of Atonement, 5, 7.

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