Adam KotskoThe Politics of Redemption
The Social Logic of Salvation
Acknowledgments
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Chapter 1: Thinking relationally
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'Religionless Christianity' and community
>Ontology and 'being-with'
>A social-relational reading of atonement theory
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Chapter 2: Questioning atonement
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Feminist and womanist perspectives
>Theology and social theory
>A case study: The question of redemptive suffering
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Chapter 3: Reclaiming the tradition
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Violent hospitality: Boersma
>Narrative, not ontology: Weaver
>Divine unilateralism: Aulen
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Chapter 4: Irenaeus
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Redemption as recapitulation
>One human race
>The principle of persuasion
>The togetherness of God and creation
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5: Gregory of Nyssa
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Birth and resurrection
>Sensible and intelligible
>Dealing with the devil
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Chapter 6: Anselm
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Variations on a theme
>Displacing the devil
>Original sin and its avoidance
>Making the payment
>'Out of love of the debtor?'
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Chapter 7: Abelard
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What is Abelard's atonement theory?
>Implications: Publicity and han
Predestination and free will
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Chapter 8: Community and related questions
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An outstanding question
>Predestination and community: Karl Barth
>Representation and community: Dorothee Soelle
>Religionless vs. demythologizing interpretation
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Chapter 9: Politics of redemption
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The ontology
>The problem: Possession and rule
>The solution: A persuasive fearlessness
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