It takes the average reader 3 hours and 47 minutes to read Sacrifice and Atonement by Stephen Finlan
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Beneath the commonplace affirmation that Jesus “paid for our sins” lie depths of implication: did God demand a blood sacrifice to assuage divine anger? Is sacrifice (consciously or unconsciously) intended to induce the deity to show favor? What underlies the various metaphors for atonement used in the Bible? Here, Stephen Finlan surveys psychological theories that help us to understand beliefs about sacrifice and atonement and what they may reveal about patterns of injury, guilt, shame, and appeasement. Early chapters examine the language in both testaments of purity and the “scapegoat,” and...
Sacrifice and Atonement by Stephen Finlan is 224 pages long, and a total of 56,896 words.
This makes it 76% the length of the average book. It also has 70% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 10 minutes to read Sacrifice and Atonement aloud.
Sacrifice and Atonement is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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