{"id":244,"date":"2009-02-25T14:34:41","date_gmt":"2009-02-25T14:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/tonyjones\/2009\/02\/ash-wednesday-atonement-round.html"},"modified":"2009-02-25T14:34:41","modified_gmt":"2009-02-25T14:34:41","slug":"ash-wednesday-atonement-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/tonyjones\/2009\/02\/ash-wednesday-atonement-round.html","title":{"rendered":"Ash Wednesday: Atonement Round-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"durer_crucifixion.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/198\/import\/durer_crucifixion.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt;float: left\" height=\"281\" width=\"190\" \/><\/span>As we enter the season of Lent, here are some resources to get you thinking about alternatives to the penal substitutionary <b>theory<\/b> (yes, friends, it&#8217;s a theory!) of the atonement.<\/p>\n<p>At Zoecarnate, Mike Morrell proposes that we <a href=\"http:\/\/zoecarnate.wordpress.com\/2009\/02\/06\/re-visioning-jesus-atonement-beyond-liberal-and-conservative\/\">look beyond liberal and conservative ideas<\/a> of the atonement, then he <a href=\"http:\/\/zoecarnate.wordpress.com\/2009\/02\/07\/re-visioning-jesus%E2%80%99-atonement-possible-reconstructions\/\">proposes a revisioning<\/a> of the entire issue.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Emergent Village <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emergentvillage.com\/weblog\/atonement-metaphors-a-contest\">sponsored a contest<\/a> looking for new, preachable metaphors for the atonement.&nbsp; I <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emergentvillage.com\/podcast\/thinking-about-atonement\">talked to Mark Baker<\/a> about the contest on the EV podcast.&nbsp; And last Good Friday, we <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emergentvillage.com\/weblog\/the-friday-we-call-good-atonement-contest-results\">announced the winners<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Mark has some great resources on his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mbseminary.edu\/baker\/atonement\">seminary website<\/a>, as well as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/080102742X?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=theoblogy-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=080102742X\">two<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0830815716?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=emergent-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0830815716\">books<\/a> on the topic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we enter the season of Lent, here are some resources to get you thinking about alternatives to the penal substitutionary theory (yes, friends, it&#8217;s a theory!) of the atonement. 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