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A Narnian Vision of the Atonement
Charles Taliaferro
其他書名
A Defense of the Ransom Theory
出版Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2022-08-24
主題Religion / Christian Theology / SoteriologyReligion / PhilosophyLiterary Criticism / Science Fiction & Fantasy
ISBN16667965499781666796544
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=mvOGEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋How can we have redemption or atonement (at-one-ment) with God? Ancient Christians proposed a ransom theory, according to which God pays the ransom for us through heroic self-sacrifice so we can be liberated from the power of the demonic, sin, and death. This theory is widely rejected by philosophers and theologians, yet C. S. Lewis boldly portrays atonement in precisely such terms in his seven-volume The Chronicles of Narnia. In this book, philosopher Charles Taliaferro defends the integrity and beauty of redemption in these stories and offers a Narnia-inspired Christian theory of atonement. He writes for those intrigued by Lewis’s imaginary world of Narnia and for those interested in thinking about temptation, how wrongdoing may be overcome, confession, repentance, forgiveness and reconciliation, restitution, death, resurrection, and personal transformation. Taliaferro argues that Lewis’s work is no mere entertaining fairytale for children but an important lens through which to view deep themes of redemption and atonement, and all the vital stages involved in overcoming evil with the superabundant good of God’s loving self-sacrifice.