Trinity and Atonement key words

Atonement

An action (often a sacrifice) by which guilt might be removed. Used by Christian theology as a way of understanding the significance of Jesus' death

Christus Victor model

A view on atonement which states that Jesus' death defeated the power of evil, which had dominated humankind

Ecofeminist

Someone who is interested in both the environment & women's rights

Economic Trinity

The belief that the Trinity reveals God's actions but not his true or inner nature

Epistemic distance

Term coined by John Hick to explain the knowledge distance between God and man, to give humans the freedom to be able to choose to believe

Filioque controversy

The debate as to whether the Holy Sprit comes from the Father alone or from both the Father and the Son

Homoousios

The idea that Jesus is of the same substance as the father

Immanent trinity

The idea that the Trinity reveals the true nature of God

Impassable

The idea that God is not able to suffer

Interrelatedness

One of McFague's key issues - it is how the world is much more connected today than it was in the past

Model

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable

Monarchical model

Term used by Sallie Mcfague to show how God is commonly depicted as a king, Lord or monarch

Moral Example theory

The theory of atonement which suggests that Jesus died as a moral example to humanity

Propitiation

A pleasing offering that removes God's wrath. It satisfies justice

Seinsweise

Term used by Karl Barth to mean 'modes of being'. Barth uses it to replace the term 'persons' in the traditional university

Substitution model

An umbrella term for beliefs that Jesus died to act as a substitute for humans. It is a sacrifice to pay for human sin