Latter-day Saint perspectives on atonement / edited by Deidre Nicole Green and Eric D. Huntsman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Green, Deidre Nicole, 1981- editor.

Huntsman, Eric D., 1965- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--Doctrines.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Atonement--Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Atonement.

Theology, Doctrinal.

Physical Description:

xi, 328 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2024]

Summary:

"The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and other Christians have always shared a fundamental belief in the connection between personal salvation and the suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. While having faith in and experiencing the atonement of Christ remains a core tenet for Latter-day Saints, some thinkers have in recent decades challenged traditional understandings of atonement. Deidre Nicole Green and Eric D. Huntsman edit a collection that brings together multiple and diverse approaches to thinking about Latter-day Saint views on this foundational area of theology. The essayists draw on perspectives from outside Western and Eastern Christian traditions, classical atonement theories, and contemporary reformulations of atonement theory. The first section focuses on scriptural and historical foundations while the second concentrates on theological explorations. Together, the contributors evaluate what is efficacious and ethical in the Latter-day Saint outlook and offer ways to reconceive those views to provide a robust theological response to contemporary criticisms about atonement"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : atonement in Latter-day Saint scripture and thought

Atonement in the Old Testament : implications for Latter-day Saints / T. Benjamin Spackman

Latter-day Saints and the atonement in the New Testament / Eric D. Huntsman

"He shall find satisfaction through his knowledge" : Atonement in early Christianity and the Middle Ages / Ariel Bybee Laughton

"Atonement" in the Book of Mormon / Nicholas J. Frederick

Saving the House of Israel : collective atonement in the Book of Mormon / Sharon J. Harris

"This perfect atonement" : agency, law, theosis, and atonement theology / J. B. Haws

"I have, to be sure, been called to drink deep of the bitter cup" : nineteenth-century Latter-day Saint women and atonement / Jennifer Reeder

Notes on life, grace, and atonement / Adam S. Miller

Atonement and retributive justice / Fiona Givens

Relational atonement : groundwork / Benjamin Keogh

One prophet's vision of a nonviolent atonement : the Book of Mormon as theological resource / Joseph M. Spencer

Enveloping grace / Deidre Nicole Green.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: Latter-day Saint perspectives on atonement

ISBN:

9780252087554

0252087550

9780252045448

0252045440

OCLC:

1375437449