Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 222
Trim: 6¼ x 9½
978-0-8108-8434-2 • Hardback • December 2015 • $129.00 • (£99.00)
978-0-8108-8435-9 • eBook • December 2015 • $122.50 • (£95.00)
Junius Johnson is assistant professor of historical theology at Baylor University, a research fellow at the Rivendell Institute at Yale, and a research associate at the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein, South Africa. He is the author of Christ and Analogy.
Introduction
Part I: Atonement Theory Explained
1 Introduction to Atonement Theory
2 Illuminating the Context
3 Christ Our Brother: Likeness and Unlikeness in Christ’s Human Nature
Part II: Key Thinkers in Atonement Theory
4 Athanasius (C. 296–373): The Image of God in Us
5 Gregory Nazianzen (329–390): Deification
6 Gregory of Nyssa (335–395): Ransom Theory
7 Augustine of Hippo (354–430): Legal Conceptuality
8 Anselm of Canterbury (C. 1033–1109): Satisfaction Theory
9 Peter Abelard (1079–1142): Moral Influence
10 Bonaventure (1221–1274): Nuanced Anselmianism
11 Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274): Christ’s Merits
12 Julian of Norwich (1342–1416): Courtesy and At-one-ment
Part III: Annotated Bibliography of Selected Resources
13 Patristic Period: Primary Sources
14 Patristic Period: Secondary Sources
15 Medieval Period: Primary Sources
16 Medieval Period: Secondary Sources
17 Secondary Sources Common to the Patristic and Medieval Periods
Johnson’s project is ambitious, and his methodology commendable…. I expect that anybody with an interest in Christian theology will be enthusiastic about Junius Johnson’s promising new title, especially those who consider the patristic and medieval periods as the essential starting place for understanding the development of the Christian doctrine of atonement.
— Reading Religion