Le Poidevin, RD orcid.org/0000-0002-7185-9440 (2016) 'Once for all': the tense of the Atonement. European Journal for Philosophy of Religion, 8 (4). ISSN 1689-8311
Abstract
Does a proper understanding of the Atonement--the restoration of mankind’s relationship with God as a result of Christ’s sacrifice--require a particular conception of time? It has been suggested that it does, and that the relevant conception is a ‘tensed’ or ‘dynamic’ one, in which distinctions between past, present and future reflect the objective passage of time. This paper examines two arguments that might be given for that contention, and finds that both may be answered by appeal to the asymmetry of causation. The Atonement leaves us free to think of all times as equally real, as traditionally they are for God.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | This is an author produced version of a paper published in the European Journal for Philosophy of Religion. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Atonement; Time; Tense |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science (Leeds) > School of Philosophy (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 25 Oct 2016 09:24 |
Last Modified: | 25 Jan 2018 18:56 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Innsbruck University Press |
Identification Number: | 10.24204/ejpr.v8i4.1762 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:106285 |