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The nonviolent atonement / J. Denny Weaver.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Weaver, J. Denny, 1941-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Atonement.
- Black theology.
- Feminist theology.
- Nonviolence--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Nonviolence.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 246 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Grand Rapids, Mich. ; Cambridge, U.K. : W.B. Eerdmans, [2001]
- Contents:
- 2. Narrative Christus Victor: The Revisioning of Atonement 12
- The Nonviolence of Jesus 12
- Images of Atonement 14
- Christus Victor Motif 14
- Satisfaction Motif 16
- Moral Influence Motif 18
- Narrative Christus Victor 19
- The Apocalypse 20
- The Gospels 34
- Rene Girard 46
- Paul 49
- Old Testament Sacrifices 58
- Hebrews 61
- Israel's History 66
- 3. Narrative Christus Victor: Some Comparisons and Its Demise 70
- Distinguishing Narrative Christus Victor 70
- The Object of the Death of Jesus 70
- The Accomplishment of the Death of Jesus 71
- The Agent of Jesus' Death 72
- Our Role in Jesus' Death 74
- Grace and Forgiveness 76
- Free Will versus Predestination 77
- Justice and Mercy of God 78
- Ethics 78
- Atonement in History 80
- The Demise of Christus Victor 81
- Constantinian Synthesis 82
- Ecclesiology and Atonement 86
- Christology 92
- 4. Black Theology on Atonement 99
- First Generation Black Theology: James Heil Cone 100
- African American Particularity 101
- Reading the Bible Differently 103
- Critique of Classic Theology 104
- James Cone on Atonement 106
- Qualifying Christendom's Theology 108
- James H. Cone and Narrative Christus Victor 110
- Second Generation Black Theology: Garth Kasimu Baker-Fletcher 113
- Contextual Affinities 114
- Christology and Atonement 116
- 5. Feminist Theology on Atonement 122
- Feminist Theology on Atonement 123
- Rosemary Radford Ruether 123
- Rosemary Radford Ruether and Narrative Christus Victor 126
- Joan Carlson Brown and Rebecca Parker 126
- Brown and Parker and Narrative Christus Victor 131
- Julie N. Hopkins 134
- Julia N. Hopkins and Narrative Christus Victor 137
- Rita Nakashima Brock 139
- Rita Nakashima Brock and Narrative Christus Victor 146
- Carter Heyward 149
- Carter Heyward and Narrative Christus Victor 154
- 6. Womanist Theology on Atonement 157
- Womanist Particularity 158
- Katie Cannon 158
- Emilie Townes 160
- Delores Williams 161
- Womanists on Atonement 164
- Delores Williams 164
- JoAnne Marie Terrell 167
- Womanists on Theodicy 168
- Womanists on Christology 170
- Kelly Brown Douglas 170
- Jacqueline Grant 172
- Narrative Christus Victor and Womanist Theology 173
- 7. Conversation with Anselm and His Defenders 179
- The Defenders of Anselm 180
- Redefinitions, Reemphases, and Rehabilitation 180
- Anselm and Cur Deus Homo 188
- Responding to the Defenses of Satisfaction 195
- The Case of Miroslav Volf 205
- Narrative Christus Victor: A Nonviolent Christ 210.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-238) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0802849083
- OCLC:
- 47182107
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