teachings, and especially the death and resurrection of Christ brought such reconciliation about. There are many atonement themes in the Bible, but Scripture does not provide us with any full-blown theory of atonement. And unlike the doctrines of the Trinity and the incarnation, there were no early creedal or conciliar pronouncements that clearly delineated the boundaries for an acceptable account of the atonement. Accordingly, Christian theologians throughout history have offered several different