The Image of God and the Cosmos: A Response to the Individualist Critique of Penal Substitutionary Atonement

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Vol. 71 No. 1 (2012)

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Apr 1, 2012
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David H. Wenkel
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
John B. Song
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School

Abstract

One of the dominant critiques of the penal substitution theory of atonement is that it errs in its individualistic focus. This study argues that a canonically robust doctrine of the image of God will support the penal substitution view of atonement by correctly emphasizing salvation as an individual and cosmic event. We may summarize the thesis this way: because God made humankind in his image, penal substitutionary atonement has cosmic significance.

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Wenkel, David H., and John B. Song. “The Image of God and the Cosmos: A Response to the Individualist Critique of Penal Substitutionary Atonement”. Reformed Theological Review 71, no. 1 (April 1, 2012). Accessed April 19, 2024. https://rtrjournal.org/index.php/RTR/article/view/22.

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