Uploaded April 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Dr. Josh Thurow is a professor of philosophy at the University of Texas at San Antonio. In this interview, we discuss his paper "He Died for Our Sins (in a Contextually Sensitive Way) published in the Journal of Analytic Theology. The paper is linked below.
jat-ojs-baylor.tdl.org/jat/index.php/jat/article/view/448
For my previous interview where Dr. Thurow addresses the objection that the atonement is unjust, click the link below.
youtu.be/lXNPRhu3wtc
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0:00 Introduction
01:03 How did you get interested in studying the doctrine of the atonement?
02:29 What do you aim to show in this paper?
04:21 What do you mean by atonement, and what is the Christian doctrine of the Atonement?
07:34 What are the three assumptions you make in this paper?
11:31 What are the two kinds of theories of atonement?
16:04 What’s the challenge for both kinds of theories of atonement?
23:00 Your response to this challenge draws on the Jewish sacrificial process. Can you first explain this process?
33:07 What are the parallels between Jesus’s sacrifice and Jewish sacrifices?
58:01 So what is your explanation of how Jesus’s death is distinctively important to his atonement?
01:0:02 Why do you think it was important that Jesus died the way he did – by crucifixion?
01:05:07 What role does Jesus’s resurrection play in the atonement?
01:09:05 What might God even begin accepting animal sacrifices as a means of atonement in the first place?
01:17:37 Question #1: Can’t you get blood from an animal without killing it?
01:28:14 Question #2: What is death in Jesus case? It has been said to be an issue for conditional immortality. Since Jesus is the Eternal Son, eternal conscious torment seems like a worse problem because Jesus was only dead for 3 days.
Dr. Josh Thurow is a professor of philosophy at the University of Texas at San Antonio. In this interview, we discuss his paper "He Died for Our Sins (in a Contextually Sensitive Way) published in the Journal of Analytic Theology. The paper is linked below.
jat-ojs-baylor.tdl.org/jat/index.php/jat/article/view/448
For my previous interview where Dr. Thurow addresses the objection that the atonement is unjust, click the link below.
youtu.be/lXNPRhu3wtc
Please consider supporting me on patreon. Go to patreon.com/theanalyticchristian
For merch and more, go to theanlyticchristian.com
—————————TIMESTAMPS————————
0:00 Introduction
01:03 How did you get interested in studying the doctrine of the atonement?
02:29 What do you aim to show in this paper?
04:21 What do you mean by atonement, and what is the Christian doctrine of the Atonement?
07:34 What are the three assumptions you make in this paper?
11:31 What are the two kinds of theories of atonement?
16:04 What’s the challenge for both kinds of theories of atonement?
23:00 Your response to this challenge draws on the Jewish sacrificial process. Can you first explain this process?
33:07 What are the parallels between Jesus’s sacrifice and Jewish sacrifices?
58:01 So what is your explanation of how Jesus’s death is distinctively important to his atonement?
01:0:02 Why do you think it was important that Jesus died the way he did – by crucifixion?
01:05:07 What role does Jesus’s resurrection play in the atonement?
01:09:05 What might God even begin accepting animal sacrifices as a means of atonement in the first place?
01:17:37 Question #1: Can’t you get blood from an animal without killing it?
01:28:14 Question #2: What is death in Jesus case? It has been said to be an issue for conditional immortality. Since Jesus is the Eternal Son, eternal conscious torment seems like a worse problem because Jesus was only dead for 3 days.
