The Nonviolent Atonement

by Weaver, J. Denny

• ISBN13: 9780802849083
• ISBN10: 0802849083
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-11-01
• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co

Author Biography

J. Denny Weaver is professor of religion and chair of the Department of History and Religion at Bluffton College in Ohio

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Introduction	1	(11)
Narrative Christus Victor: The Revisioning of Atonement	12	(58)
The Nonviolence of Jesus	12	(2)
Images of Atonement	14	(5)
Christus Victor Motif	14	(2)
Satisfaction Motif	16	(2)
Moral Influence Motif	18	(1)
Narrative Christus Victor	19	(50)
The Apocalypse	20	(14)
The Gospels	34	(12)
Rene Girard	46	(3)
Paul	49	(9)
Old Testament Sacrifices	58	(3)
Hebrews	61	(5)
Israel's History	66	(3)
Summary	69	(1)
Narrative Christus Victor: Some Comparisons and Its Demise	70	(29)
Distinguishing Narrative Christus Victor	70	(11)
The Object of the Death of Jesus	70	(1)
The Accomplishment of the Death of Jesus	71	(1)
The Agent of Jesus' Death	72	(2)
Our Role in Jesus' Death	74	(2)
Grace and Forgiveness	76	(1)
Free Will versus Predestination	77	(1)
Justice and Mercy of God	78	(1)
Ethics	78	(2)
Atonement in History	80	(1)
The Demise of Christus Victor	81	(11)
Constantinian Synthesis	82	(4)
Ecclesiology and Atonement	86	(6)
Christology	92	(4)
Conclusion	96	(3)
Black Theology on Atonement	99	(23)
Introduction	99	(1)
First Generation Black Theology: James Heil Cone	100	(10)
African American Particularity	101	(2)
Reading the Bible Differently	103	(1)
Critique of Classic Theology	104	(2)
James Cone on Atonement	106	(2)
Qualifying Christendom's Theology	108	(2)
James H. Cone and Narrative Christus Victor	110	(3)
Second Generation Black Theology: Garth Kasimu Baker-Fletcher	113	(9)
Contextual Affinities	114	(2)
Christology and Atonement	116	(4)
Conclusion	120	(2)
Feminist Theology on Atonement	122	(35)
Introduction	122	(1)
Feminist Theology on Atonement	123	(33)
Rosemary Radford Ruether	123	(3)
Rosemary Radford Ruether and Narrative Christus Victor	126	(1)
Joan Carlson Brown and Rebecca Parker	126	(5)
Brown and Parker and Narrative Christus Victor	131	(3)
Julie N. Hopkins	134	(3)
Julia N. Hopkins and Narrative Christus Victor	137	(2)
Rita Nakashima Brock	139	(7)
Rita Nakashima Brock and Narrative Christus Victor	146	(3)
Carter Heyward	149	(5)
Carter Heyward and Narrative Christus Victor	154	(2)
Conclusion	156	(1)
Womanist Theology on Atonement	157	(22)
Introduction	157	(1)
Womanist Particularity	158	(6)
Katie Cannon	158	(2)
Emilie Townes	160	(1)
Delores Williams	161	(3)
Womanists on Atonement	164	(4)
Delores Williams	164	(3)
JoAnne Marie Terrell	167	(1)
Womanists on Theodicy	168	(2)
Womanists on Christology	170	(3)
Kelly Brown Douglas	170	(2)
Jacqueline Grant	172	(1)
Narrative Christus Victor and Womanist Theology	173	(6)
Conversation with Anselm and His Defenders	179	(46)
Introduction	179	(1)
The Defenders of Anselm	180	(15)
Redefinitions, Reemphases, and Rehabilitation	180	(8)
Anselm and Cur Deus Homo	188	(7)
Responding to the Defenses of Satisfaction	195	(15)
The Case of Miroslav Volf	205	(5)
Narrative Christus Victor: A Nonviolent Christ	210	(15)
Conclusion	225	(4)
Works Cited	229	(10)
Index	239