Christian Atonement and Kantian Justification

Faith and Philosophy 3 (4):440-462 (1986)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

THIS PAPER IS A STUDY OF KANT’S ATTEMPT TO RECONSTRUCT THE CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE OF ATONEMENT WITHIN THE LIMITS OF REASON. IT BEGINS WITH A BRIEF SKETCH OF ANSELM’S SATISFACTION-THEORETIC ACCOUNT OF ATONEMENT AND THEN PRESENTS THE MAIN OBJECTIONS TO THAT ACCOUNT. NEXT KANT’S ACCOUNT OF ATONEMENT IS GIVEN A DETAILED EXPOSITION, AND IT IS SHOWN THAT IT AVOIDS THE DIFFICULTIES THAT PLAGUE ANSELM’S ACCOUNT. KANT’S ACCOUNT IS THEN SUBJECTED TO CRITICISM

Links

PhilArchive



    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 90,616

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

Similar books and articles

Swinburne on Atonement.Steven S. Aspenson - 1996 - Religious Studies 32 (2):187 - 204.
Reparation and Atonement.David Mcnaughton - 1992 - Religious Studies 28 (2):129 - 144.
Stump on the Nature of Atonement.E. J. Coffman - 2012 - In Kelly James Clark & Michael Rea (eds.), Science, Religion, and Metaphysics: New Essays on the Philosophy of Alvin Plantinga. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 144-151.
A participatory model of the atonement.Tim Bayne & Greg Restall - 2008 - In Yujin Nagasawa & Erik J. Wielenberg (eds.), New waves in philosophy of religion. New York: Palgrave-Macmillan. pp. 150.
Anselm on Atonement.David Brown - 2004 - In Brian Leftow (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Anselm. Cambridge University Press.
Sin, grace, and redemption in Abelard.Thomas Williams - 2004 - In Kevin Guilfoy & Jeffrey Brower (eds.), The Cambridge Companion to Abelard. Cambridge University Press. pp. 258-278.
Responsibility and atonement.Richard Swinburne - 1989 - New York: Oxford University Press.
Inclusivism and the Atonement.Bruce R. Reichenbach - 1999 - Faith and Philosophy 16 (1):43-54.

Analytics

Added to PP
2011-01-09

Downloads
146 (#118,880)

6 months
8 (#157,827)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

References found in this work

No references found.

Add more references