The Mosaic of Atonement Audio Lectur..., Joshua M. McNall
The Mosaic of Atonement Audio Lectur..., Joshua M. McNall
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The Mosaic of Atonement: Audio Lectures
An Integrated Approach to Christ's Work

Author: Joshua M. McNall

Narrator: Joshua M. McNall

Unabridged: 4 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/18/2022


Synopsis

The Mosaic of Atonement: Audio Lectures offers a fresh and integrated approach to historic models of atonement.Modern treatments of the atonement have tended toward two extremes by either singling out one model as most important, or presenting multiple images with no order of arrangement. This video series takes a different approach, exploring the four "pieces" of atonement through the image of a Christ-shaped mosaic:The Feet: RecapitulationThe Heart: Penal SubstitutionThe Head: Christus VictorThe Hands: Moral InfluenceUnlike a photograph, a mosaic allows each piece to retain its recognizable particularity, while also integrating them in the service of a single larger image. In the great mosaics of age-old Christian churches, the goal is not to construct the image, as in a puzzle, but to appreciate it.So too with this mosaic of atonement doctrine. While no one model is set above or against the others, The Mosaic of Atonement: Audio Lectures notes particular ways in which the "pieces"--the feet, heart, head, and hands--mutually support one another to form a more holistic vision of Christ's work.

About Joshua M. McNall

Joshua McNall (PhD, University of Manchester) is Assistant Professor of Theology at Oklahoma Wesleyan University. His other books include, A Free Corrector: Colin Gunton and the Legacy of Augustine (Fortress, 2015), and the popular-level, Long Story Short: The Bible in Six Simple Movements (Seedbed, 2018). He lives in Bartlesville, Oklahoma with his wife Brianna and their four children. He blogs regularly at www.joshuamcnall.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Todd on October 18, 2019

This is the best book on the atonement I have read in quite some time, perhaps ever.......more

Goodreads review by Brendan on April 08, 2023

This was an incredibly thoughtful, helpful, and accessible exploration of atonement theology. The doctrine of atonement (particularly through the lens of penal substitution) has been a point of struggle for me in recent years. I’ve found in McNall a kindred spirit, albeit a much more patient and wel......more

Goodreads review by Misael on May 14, 2020

This is the book on the atonement I’ve been waiting for. Dense and academic at times (maybe I have a way of picking academic authors) but so well worth it. I learned so much more from a single book on the atonement than I ever expected, including the case for a historical Adam and the ontic nature o......more

Goodreads review by Josh on May 04, 2023

A robust view of atonement theory that doesn’t seek to squash the others. His mosaic/body metaphor gives each major theory seat at the table which in many ways, helps one understand the atonement more fully. Do I wish he gave more wide-sweeping biblical support of each theory, for sure! But the theo......more

Goodreads review by Daniel on April 09, 2025

Academically rigorous review of patristic and contemporary theology crafting a comprehensive ‘mosaic’ of atonement theory and it’s four major tenets: The Feet - Recapitulation The Heart - Penal Substitution (Vicarious Judgement) The Head - Christus Victor The Hands - Moral Influence McNall responds to......more