The Nature of the Atonement: Four Views AUTH-12293718 - Virtual opportunity: Under-appreciated advantages

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Bryan Wickens

he turns on the evasions of Khartoum the uncompromising eye that dissected Hutu power excuses for the Rwanda genocide a decade ago

Jay Thomas (MDiv

Atticus Finch and his daughter Scout

The Nature of the Atonement: Four Views AUTH-12293718 - Virtual opportunity: Under-appreciated advantagesA long history of biblical exegesis and theological reflection has shaped our understanding of the atonement today. The more prominent highlights of this history have acquired familiar names for the household of faith: Christus Victor, penal substitutionary, subjective, and governmental. Recently the penal substitutionary view, and particularly its misappropriations, has been critiqued, and a lively debate has taken hold within evangelicalism. This