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A Relational Theory of the Atonement: African Contributions to Western Philosophical Theology book cover

1st Edition

A Relational Theory of the Atonement African Contributions to Western Philosophical Theology

By Kirk Lougheed Copyright 2024
150 Pages
by Routledge

150 Pages
by Routledge

150 Pages
by Routledge
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While the atonement is a central component of Christianity, there is little agreement in the tradition about how it should be understood. This book develops and defends a novel relational theory of atonement inspired by African relational ethics. This book brings important themes from African ethics into conversation with the contemporary philosophical literature on the atonement. The author... Read more

1. Introduction: African Philosophy and the Atonement

Part 1: A Relational Theory of the Atonement 

2. An Initial Statement of the Relational Theory of the Atonement

3. Reconciliation, Forgiveness, and Constructive Punishment 

4. The Death Penalty as Constructive Punishment

5. The Moral Objection and Divine Relational Rescue

6. The Relational Theory of the Atonement: Tentatively Nearing Completion 

Part 2: Other African Theories of the Atonement

7. A Personhood Theory of the Atonement 

8. A Life Force Theory of the Atonement 

9. Conclusion: Just the Beginning for Comparative Philosophical Theology 

Biography

Kirk Lougheed is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Center for Faith and Flourishing at LCC International University. He is also Research Associate at the University of Pretoria. He has published numerous books and articles in epistemology, philosophy of religion, and African philosophy.

"Lougheed’s combination of African moral theory with recent work in analytic atonement theology promises to deepen the conceptual tools through which we can glimpse the reasonability of Christ’s work. It is a welcome addition to the ever-increasing and widening literature on the doctrine of atonement today."

Jonathan C. Rutledge, Harvard University, USA

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