Transgression and Atonement

Atonement: the Rite of Healing

There has recently been a number of books on the Christian understanding of atonement. What has been fascinating for me is the extent to which these books do, or more often do not, use the Old Testament material on atonement as the basis for what they have to say. The New Testament speaks in a variety of ways about atonement, and this has become the centre of Christian dogmatics; but this ‘aton...

The Reflection of the Knowledge and Culture Contemporary to Islam's Lawgiver in Its Narrations about atonement

Certain crimes have been committed at the time of the Imams, and people have asked them of the atonement verdict. In some cases, the narrators have asked them of an assumed crime. None of these crimes have happened in a void, or in the mind of an empty minded narrator. They are all derived from the special circumstances of that period. So, careful examination of the crimes described in narratio...

Teshuva: A Look at Repentance, Forgiveness and Atonement in Jewish Law and Philosophy and American Legal Thought

A discussion of the Jewish concept of “Teshuva,” which provides the possibility of atonement for wrongdoings. The article explores the process of ”Teshuva” in depth and describes its relationship and significance to modern criminal law.

Moral Repair and the Moral Saints Problem

This article explores the forms of moral repair that the wrongdoer has to perform in an attempt to make amends for her past wrongdoing, with a focus on the issues of interpersonal moral repair; that is, what a wrongdoer can do to merit her victim‘s forgiveness and achieve reconciliation with her community. The article argues against the very general demands of atonement that amount to an obliga...

Beyond sacrifice: Milton and the atonement