Open AccessRedeeming Redemption: Violence, Desecration, and Atonement
Author(s) -
Christopher D. Steed
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
unio cum christo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2473-8476
pISSN - 2380-5412
DOI - 10.35285/ucc7.1.2021.art5
Subject(s) - atonement , value (mathematics) , power (physics) , sociology , theology , art , philosophy , mathematics , statistics , physics , quantum mechanics
The red stain of Cain presents an evocative approach to the atonement based on theological reflection and doctoral studies in the social sciences on human violence and the notion of symbolic exchange. The value and worth of Jesus in exchange for our demerit and history of devaluing others and dishonoring God provides a fresh commendation for an evangelical theology of substitutionary atonement that is also participative. Violence is not incidental to the cross; it is central to its potency both for redemption and for healing. KEYWORDS: Violence, desecration, atonement, Cain, value, power, symbolic exchange
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