T&T Clark Companion to Atonement

by Johnson, Adam J.

• ISBN13: 9780567565532
• ISBN10: 056756553X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2017-05-18
• Publisher: Bloomsbury T&T Clark

Summary

The T&T Clark Companion to Atonement establishes a vision for the doctrine of the atonement as a unified yet extraordinarily rich event calling for the church's full appropriation. Most edited volumes on this doctrine focus on one aspect of the work of Christ (for example, Girard, Feminist thought, Penal Substitution or divine violence). The Companion is unique in that every essay seeks to both appropriate and stimulate the church's understanding of the manifold nature of Christ's death and resurrection.

The essays are divided into four main sections: 1) dogmatic location, 2) chapters on the Old and New Testaments, 3) major theologians and 4) contemporary developments. The first set of essays explore the inter-relationship between the atonement and other Christian doctrines (for example Trinity, Christology and Pneumatology), opening up yet further avenues of inquiry. Essays on key theologians eschew reductionism, striving to bring out the nuances and breadth of the contribution. The same is true of the biblical essays. The final section explores more recent developments within the doctrine (for example the work of Rene Girard, and the ongoing reflection on "Holy Saturday").

The book is comprised of 18 major essays, and an A-Z section containing shorter dictionary-length entries on a much broader range of topics. The result is a combination of in-depth analysis and breadth of scope, making this a benchmark work for further studies in the doctrine.

Author Biography

Adam J. Johnson received his PhD from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield IL, and is an Associate Professor of Theology at Cedarville University, USA.

Table of Contents

Introduction, Adam Johnson, Biola University, USA
Dogmatic Location
1. Doctrine of God, Fred Sanders, Biola University, USA
2. Christology, Ivor Davidson, formerly St Andrews University, UK
3. Resurrection, Paul Molnar, St John's University in New York, USA
4. Holy Spirit, Ralph Del Colle, formerly at Marquette University, USA
Bible
5. Old Testament, Stephen Chapman, Duke Divinity School, USA
6. New Testament, Joel Green, Fuller Theological Seminary, USA
History
7. Athanasius, Thomas Weinandy, St Paul Center for Biblical Theology, USA
8. Cappadocians, John McGuckin, Colombia University, USA
9. Anselm, Katherine Sonderegger, Virginia Theological Seminary, USA
10. Aquinas, Chad Raith, John Brown University, USA
11. Calvin, Paul D. Jones, University of Virginia, USA
Developments
12. Karl Barth's , George Hunsinger, Princeton Theological Seminary, USA
13. A Theology of Holy Saturday, Rodney Housare, Desales University, USA
14. Analytic Theology, Oliver Crisp, Fuller Theological Seminary, USA
15. Penal Substitution, Stephen Holmes, University of St Andrews, UK
16. Christus Victor, Adam Kotsko, Shimer College, USA
17. Feminist Theology, Arnfridur Guomundsdottir, University of Iceland, Iceland
Part II - An Atonement ABC
18. Definitions
19. Short Definitions of Contributors
20. Notes
21. Index