Abstract
The doctrine of Christ’s atonement is a subject of recurrent interest to contemporary philosophical-theologians. The Penal Substitution theory of atonement, in particular, has precipitated a great deal of interest. In this article, we offer several reasons—reasons related to the nature of divine justice and somatic death—for thinking that a version of Anselm’s Satisfaction theory of atonement is not only a viable, but preferable, Protestant theory of atonement to penal substitution.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 62-77 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Irish Theological Quarterly |
Volume | 83 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Feb 2018 |
Keywords
- atonement
- justice
- penal substitution
- reparation
- satisfaction