In Christian theology and political philosophy, five partially overlapping areas of meaning are treated in terms of reconciliation. (1) Dogmatic theology often operates with an umbrella concept covering the entire work of Christ. (2) Philosophical theology employs a concept of atonement/rec...
This article introduces the reader to ancient sacrificial rituals that the biblical
authors regarded as acceptable to their God, as they are portrayed in Old Testament Hebrew
texts. These texts, especially instructions in the Pentateuch regarding the system of
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This article explores the complex notion of Jesus as substitute in Christian theology, situating this topic within the doctrine of the atonement in general. It considers the role of ‘theories’ of the atonement, and provides a biblical/historical/theological overview of substitution in gener...
René Girard is not a theologian; he is best described as fundamental anthropologist and culture theorist. His versatile system of hermeneutical and heuristic thinking is known to its author as ‘the Mimetic Theory’.
Girardian ‘mimesis’ denotes, in a myriad of particular forms, a stru...