Narrative and Atonement: The Ministry of Reconciliation in the Work of James H. Cone
Contemporary analytic theological discussions of atonement do not attend extensively to questions of how narrative might relate to the atoning work of Christ. Liberation theologians, on the other hand, utilize narrative in their scholarly method regularly and often employ it when discussing atonemen...
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| description | Contemporary analytic theological discussions of atonement do not attend extensively to questions of how narrative might relate to the atoning work of Christ. Liberation theologians, on the other hand, utilize narrative in their scholarly method regularly and often employ it when discussing atonement or reconciliation. This essay argues that analytic theologians should consider the notion of narrative (and narrative <i>identity</i>) as a mechanism of atonement in the broad sense of the term introduced when William Tyndale coined ‘atonement’ to translate 2 Corinthians 5. I then offer some psychological grounds for thinking that reframing one’s self-narrative in terms of a transcendent narrative is often conducive to human flourishing, and I consider the work of James H. Cone as an instance of such transcendent narrative reframing at work. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4fb3f2fb5358456ab09d167037eea22a2023-11-24T02:17:55ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442022-10-01131098510.3390/rel13100985Narrative and Atonement: The Ministry of Reconciliation in the Work of James H. ConeJonathan C. Rutledge0Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USAContemporary analytic theological discussions of atonement do not attend extensively to questions of how narrative might relate to the atoning work of Christ. Liberation theologians, on the other hand, utilize narrative in their scholarly method regularly and often employ it when discussing atonement or reconciliation. This essay argues that analytic theologians should consider the notion of narrative (and narrative <i>identity</i>) as a mechanism of atonement in the broad sense of the term introduced when William Tyndale coined ‘atonement’ to translate 2 Corinthians 5. I then offer some psychological grounds for thinking that reframing one’s self-narrative in terms of a transcendent narrative is often conducive to human flourishing, and I consider the work of James H. Cone as an instance of such transcendent narrative reframing at work.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/13/10/985atonementsufferingnarrativeidentityJames Coneliberation theology |
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| title | Narrative and Atonement: The Ministry of Reconciliation in the Work of James H. Cone |
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