TY  - BOOK
AU  - Craig,William Lane
TI  - The atonement
T2  - Cambridge elements. Elements in the philosophy of religion
SN  - 9781108457408
AV  - BT265.C886.A866 2018 
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Atonement
KW  - Biblical teaching
KW  - Philosophy
N1  - 1 (pages 98-103); 2
N2  - How did Christ's death overcome the estrangement and condemnation of sinners before a holy God, so as to reconcile them to Him? A great variety of theories of the atonement have been offered over the centuries to make sense of the fact that Christ by his death has provided the means of reconciliation with God: ransom theories, satisfaction theories, moral influence theories, penal substitution theories, and so on. Competing theories need to be assessed by (i) their accord with biblical data and (ii) their philosophical coherence. --
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