The Logic of Reparative Substitution: Contemporary Restitution Models of Atonement, Divine Justice, and Somatic Death

Joshua Farris*, S. Mark Hamilton

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    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 languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)62-77
    Number of pages16
    JournalIrish Theological Quarterly
    Volume83
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Feb 2018

    Keywords

    • atonement
    • justice
    • penal substitution
    • reparation
    • satisfaction

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