LDS Perspectives on the Atonement?

Title

LDS Perspectives on the Atonement?

Publication Type

Journal Article

Year of Publication

2024

Authors

Journal

Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship

Pagination

65–96

Volume

62

Publisher

The Interpreter Foundation

Abstract

Latter-day Saint Perspectives on Atonement promises to provide new perspectives on the atonement that reflect awareness of scriptural and theological scholarship. The essays on the scriptural background are solid. The essays providing theological perspectives are uneven, at best. Indeed, the theological essays show little awareness of the major works in philosophical theology in the last sixty years—with one notable exception. Moreover, a feminist perspective that argues against seeing Christ’s blood that he shed as an appropriate basis for atonement theory receives the greatest attention. This review elucidates, explores, assesses, and critiques these approaches.

Subject Keywords

Atonement
Theology
Feminism
Scholarship
Soteriology

Bibliographic Citation

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