Duped
I just finished Gustaf Aulen's Christus Victor. His basic historical treatment of the three main views of atonement has filled my brain. The most difficult hurdle, is to put away 27 years of substitutionary or Latin type as he refers, and open to a different idea. This dismantling of the construct of my doctrine is often confusing. With that said, I thoroughly enjoyed the book. I will have to read it again, after a few more conversations with myself, lining up my thoughts and questions. I find it amazing that such a critical part of a person's theology is glossed over as presumption and fact. I feel a bit duped.
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It's true, isn't it? I've been thinking about this for quite some time now and there is a dissonance in my intellectual thinking and my emotive thinking on the issue. I know that the Victorious Jesus model is right. Or right-est for my purposes. But every once in a while I catch myself thinking, "'cause Jesus died for your sins, asshole."
Mm. Feels dumb to be po-mo. I despise my plurality most days.
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