The Politics of Redemption
The Social Logic of Salvation
1st Edition
Published on 30. October 2010
224 pages
978-0-567-20432-5 (ISBN)
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1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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978-0-567-20432-5 (9780567204325)
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Adam Kotsko is Visiting Assistant Professorof Religions at Kalamazoo College (USA). His current research interests include 20th century European philosophy and early Christian thought.
Content
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Thinking relationally
'Religionless Christianity' and community
Ontology and 'being-with'
A social-relational reading of atonement theory
Chapter 2: Questioning atonement
Feminist and womanist perspectives
Theology and social theory
A case study: The question of redemptive suffering
Chapter 3: Reclaiming the tradition
Violent hospitality: Boersma
Narrative, not ontology: Weaver
Divine unilateralism: Aulen
Chapter 4: Irenaeus
Redemption as recapitulation
One human race
The principle of persuasion
The togetherness of God and creation
Chapter
5: Gregory of Nyssa
Birth and resurrection
Sensible and intelligible
Dealing with the devil
Chapter 6: Anselm
Variations on a theme
Displacing the devil
Original sin and its avoidance
Making the payment
'Out of love of the debtor?'
Chapter 7: Abelard
What is Abelard's atonement theory?
Implications: Publicity and han
Predestination and free will
Chapter 8: Community and related questions
An outstanding question
Predestination and community: Karl Barth
Representation and community: Dorothee Soelle
Religionless vs. demythologizing interpretation
Chapter 9: Politics of redemption
The ontology
The problem: Possession and rule
The solution: A persuasive fearlessness
Bibliography
Chapter 1: Thinking relationally
'Religionless Christianity' and community
Ontology and 'being-with'
A social-relational reading of atonement theory
Chapter 2: Questioning atonement
Feminist and womanist perspectives
Theology and social theory
A case study: The question of redemptive suffering
Chapter 3: Reclaiming the tradition
Violent hospitality: Boersma
Narrative, not ontology: Weaver
Divine unilateralism: Aulen
Chapter 4: Irenaeus
Redemption as recapitulation
One human race
The principle of persuasion
The togetherness of God and creation
Chapter
5: Gregory of Nyssa
Birth and resurrection
Sensible and intelligible
Dealing with the devil
Chapter 6: Anselm
Variations on a theme
Displacing the devil
Original sin and its avoidance
Making the payment
'Out of love of the debtor?'
Chapter 7: Abelard
What is Abelard's atonement theory?
Implications: Publicity and han
Predestination and free will
Chapter 8: Community and related questions
An outstanding question
Predestination and community: Karl Barth
Representation and community: Dorothee Soelle
Religionless vs. demythologizing interpretation
Chapter 9: Politics of redemption
The ontology
The problem: Possession and rule
The solution: A persuasive fearlessness
Bibliography
