TH017-812 - The Atonement and the Doctrine of God: Soteriology and Contemporary Problems
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2,976 Standard Tuition Fee
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12Credit Points
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0.125 EFT
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8AQF level
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Category advanced unitC
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theologyUnit Discipline
Exclusions
Prior to 2020, this unit content was delivered under the unit code TH706-4.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, students willA. Know and understand
1. Demonstrate Advanced knowledge and understanding of, and the research underlying, the doctrines of God and the atonement
B. Be able to
1. Examine recent scholarship in its bearing on the doctrines of God and the atonement
2. Demonstrate skill in utilising diverse scholarship in investigating the doctrines of God and the atonement
3. Present Research-Aware evidence-based perspectives on the doctrines of God and the atonement
C. Be in a position to
1. Applying Advanced perspectives and skills from ‘The Atonement and Doctrine of God’ to ministry practice and Christian living as a reflective practitioner
Content
1. The biblical witness on the atonement
2. Theories of the atonement and the context of their development
3. Detailed analysis of TWO areas of controversy in the doctrine of atonement itself. Such areas could include:
- The imputation of guilt in the atonement
- The extent of the atonement
- Violence and the atonement
- Penal substitution as a theory of the atonement
4. Detailed analysis of TWO areas of controversy in the relationship between the atonement and the doctrine of God. Such areas could include:
- The atonement and divine attributes, with special reference to the (im)passibility of God OR the relationship between God’s holiness and love.
- The nature of intra-trinitarian relations during the atonement, with special reference to “Holy Saturday,” OR the divine and human natures of the Son, OR the role played by the Spirit in the atonement.
5. Synthesis and contemporary application of the meaning of the atonement
Set Readings
Prescribed:
Johnson, A.J. Atonement: A Guide for the Perplexed (New Delhi: Bloomsbury, 2015)
Pugh, B. Atonement Theories: A Way through the Maze (Eugene: Cascade, 2014)
Recommended:
Boyd, G.A. Cross Vision: How the Crucifixion of Jesus Makes Sense of Old Testament Violence (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2017)
Campbell, D.A. The Deliverance of God: An Apocalyptic Rereading of Justification in Paul (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2009)
Chalke, S., et al. The Atonement Debate: Papers from the London Symposium on the Theology of Atonement (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2008)
Gathercole, S.J. Defending Substitution: An Essay on Atonement in Paul (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2015)
Gorman, M.J. The Death of the Messiah and the Birth of the New Covenant: A (Not So) New Model of the Atonement (Eugene: Cascade, 2014)
Keating, J., and Thomas Joseph White. Divine Impassibility and the Mystery of Human Suffering (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2009)
Lewis, A.E. Between Cross and Resurrection: A Theology of Holy Saturday (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001)
Moffitt, D.M. Atonement and the Logic of Resurrection in the Epistle to the Hebrews (Leiden: Brill, 2011)
Rutledge, F. The Crucifixion: Understanding the Death of Jesus Christ (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2015)
Wright, N. T. The Day the Revolution Began (London: SPCK, 2016)
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Brisbane School of Theology06/02/202415/03/202407/06/2024Directed Study ContractEnquire