Kirk Lougheed is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Center for Faith and Flourishing at LCC International University. He is also Research Associate at the University of Pretoria. He has published numerous books and articles in epistemology, philosophy of religion, and African philosophy.

• 1. Introduction: African Philosophy and the Atonement Part 1: A Relational Theory of the Atonement 2. An Initial Statement of the Relational Theory of the Atonement 3. Reconciliation, Forgiveness, and Constructive Punishment 4. The Death Penalty as Constructive Punishment 5. The Moral Objection and Divine Relational Rescue 6. The Relational Theory of the Atonement: Tentatively Nearing Completion Part 2: Other African Theories of the Atonement 7. A Personhood Theory of the Atonement 8. A Life Force Theory of the Atonement 9. Conclusion: Just the Beginning for Comparative Philosophical Theology

"Lougheed’s combination of African moral theory with recent work in analytic atonement theology promises to deepen the conceptual tools through which we can glimpse the reasonability of Christ’s work. It is a welcome addition to the ever-increasing and widening literature on the doctrine of atonement today."Jonathan C. Rutledge, Harvard University, USA

Kirk Lougheed is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Center for Faith and Flourishing at LCC International University. He is also Research Associate at the University of Pretoria. He has published numerous books and articles in epistemology, philosophy of religion, and African philosophy.

• 1. Introduction: African Philosophy and the Atonement Part 1: A Relational Theory of the Atonement 2. An Initial Statement of the Relational Theory of the Atonement 3. Reconciliation, Forgiveness, and Constructive Punishment 4. The Death Penalty as Constructive Punishment 5. The Moral Objection and Divine Relational Rescue 6. The Relational Theory of the Atonement: Tentatively Nearing Completion Part 2: Other African Theories of the Atonement 7. A Personhood Theory of the Atonement 8. A Life Force Theory of the Atonement 9. Conclusion: Just the Beginning for Comparative Philosophical Theology

"Lougheed’s combination of African moral theory with recent work in analytic atonement theology promises to deepen the conceptual tools through which we can glimpse the reasonability of Christ’s work. It is a welcome addition to the ever-increasing and widening literature on the doctrine of atonement today."Jonathan C. Rutledge, Harvard University, USA

Kirk Lougheed is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Center for Faith and Flourishing at LCC International University. He is also Research Associate at the University of Pretoria. He has published numerous books and articles in epistemology, philosophy of religion, and African philosophy.

• 1. Introduction: African Philosophy and the Atonement Part 1: A Relational Theory of the Atonement 2. An Initial Statement of the Relational Theory of the Atonement 3. Reconciliation, Forgiveness, and Constructive Punishment 4. The Death Penalty as Constructive Punishment 5. The Moral Objection and Divine Relational Rescue 6. The Relational Theory of the Atonement: Tentatively Nearing Completion Part 2: Other African Theories of the Atonement 7. A Personhood Theory of the Atonement 8. A Life Force Theory of the Atonement 9. Conclusion: Just the Beginning for Comparative Philosophical Theology

"Lougheed’s combination of African moral theory with recent work in analytic atonement theology promises to deepen the conceptual tools through which we can glimpse the reasonability of Christ’s work. It is a welcome addition to the ever-increasing and widening literature on the doctrine of atonement today."Jonathan C. Rutledge, Harvard University, USA