02685cam a22003617i 4500 19694972 OSt 20210408144535.0 170607t20162016mnu b 001 0 eng d 2016461730 1506401961 (pbk. ; alk. paper) 9781506401966 (pbk. ; alk. paper) (OCoLC)ocn933438396 YDXCP eng YDXCP rda BTCTA OCLCQ CDX IDK OCLCO LNT OCLCQ DLC lccopycat BT265.3 .F565 2016 234/.5 23 Finlan, Stephen, author. 50925 Sacrifice and atonement : psychological motives and biblical patterns / Stephen Finlan. xx, 234 pages ; 23 cm Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-209) and indexes. Introduction -- Atonement as purification -- Atonement as compensation or reciprocity -- Attachment, cruelty, and coping -- Rescue and disgust in Paul -- Answers to atonement -- Fear and loathing in the Epistle to the Hebrews -- Atonement played out -- Conclusion. "Beneath the commonplace affirmation that Jesus 'paid for our sins' lie depths of implication: Did God demand a blood sacrifice to assuage divine anger? Is sacrifice (consciously or unconsciously) intended to induce the deity to show favor? What underlies the various metaphors for atonement used in the Bible? Here, Stephen Finlan surveys psychological theories that help us to understand beliefs about sacrifice and atonement and what they may reveal about patterns of injury, guilt, shame, and appeasement. Early chapters examine the language in both testaments of purity and the 'scapegoat, ' and of payment, obligation, reciprocity, and redemption. Later chapters review theories of the origins of atonement thinking in fear and traumatic childhood experience, in ambivalent or avoidant attachment to the parents, and in 'poisonous pedagogy.' The theories of Sandor Rado, Mary Ainsworth, Erik Erikson, and Alice Miller are examined, then Finlan draws conclusions about the moral responsibility of appropriating or rejecting atonement metaphors. His arguments bear careful consideration by all who live with these metaphors and their effects today."--Publisher's description. Atonement. 51568 Atonement Psychology. 51569 Atonement Biblical teaching. 51570 Sacrifice. 51571 Sacrifice Psychology. 51572 Sacrifice Biblical teaching. 51573 7 cbc copycat 2 ncip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 66552 66526 0 0 lcc 0 0 GEN CPL CPL GEN 0000-00-00 Donation - TBN 32.00 4 1 BT 265.3.F565 2016 T00532W3232 2024-03-22 09:19:35 2024-02-23 1 2021-04-08 BK