T & T Clark Companion to Atonement.

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Cover Half Title Series Title Copyright Page Dedication Contents Preface Acknowledgments 1 Atonement: The Shape and State of the Doctrine The Shape of the Doctrine Five Key Elements Theories of the Atonement The Future of the Doctrine Constructive Developments Critique and Polemic Fronts Summary 2 These Three Atone: Trinity and Atonement Trinity and Atonement: Doctrinal Obligations Trinity in Atonement Atonement in Trinity Atonement and the Praise of Triune Glory 3 Atonement and Incarnation Person and Work What Kind of Incarnation? What Kind of Atonement? The God Who Atones: Divine "Becoming"Incarnate Atonement: Taking Flesh Flesh and its Destiny The Primacy of Christ 4 Resurrection and Atonement in the Theology of Thomas F. Torrance Resurrection and Justification The Resurrection and Reconciliation Resurrection and the Knowledge of God The Resurrection and Redemption 5 The Atonement and the Holy Spirit Introduction The Who and the How of the Holy Spirit The Atonement in Pneumatological Perspective The Mission and Origin of the Spirit Conclusion 6 God's Reconciling Work: Atonement in the Old Testament. Misconception 1: "Atonement" is Synonymous with Divine ReconciliationMisconception 2: Atonement is Properly about "Propitiation" and "Penal Substitution" Expiation in Leviticus Expiation as Representative and Participatory Expiation as Objective and Necessary Misconception 3: Atonement Involves a Single Mode of Reconciliation Misconception 4: Atonement Pertains Only to People Misconception 5: Divine Agency is Exclusively Forensic and Not Also Cosmic Christian Appropriation 7 Theologies of the Atonement in the New Testament Jesus and the Gospels: An Overview. The Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the ApostlesSalvation and Exaltation Jesus's Atoning Death Jesus and Isaiah's Servant The Writings of John The Fourth Gospel 1 John The Book of Revelation Paul A Sample Text: Romans 3:21-26 Atonement Metaphors in Paul General Epistles Hebrews 1 Peter A Diversity of Images 8 Athanasius's Incarnational Soteriology Contra Gentes: A Soteriological Prolegomena Being Created in the image of the Word The Nature of Sin and Its Consequences The Centrality of the Divine Word De Incarnatione: Jesus, the Incarnate Savior The Father's Dilemma. The Incarnation: The Restoration of IncorruptibilityThe Christian's Soteriological Testimony to the Cross and Resurrection Athanasius's Incarnational Soteriology- Anti-Arian/Pro-Nicene Works Defining the Incarnational-Soteriological "Becoming" Incarnational Soteriology Pneumatological Soteriology Conclusion 9 St. Gregory of Nyssa on the Dynamics of Salvation Introduction Approaching the Cappadocian Doctrine of Salvation Patristic "Atonement" Theory Gregory of Nyssa's Sense of Salvation in Christ Conclusion 10 Anselmian Atonement.