![The Ven. Dr Anne van Gend](https://anglicanfocus.lbcdn.io/uploads/2022/05/20220511_120724-CropLR-550x330.jpg)
Have we shrunk the mystery of atonement into words?
“Given the difficulties surrounding commonly-held atonement theories, then, perhaps we should quietly shove the whole thing under the carpet and focus on nicer aspects of our faith? I believe we need to lift up that carpet…Perhaps we may discover a few dusty lumps, long pushed out of sight by all but dusty theologians, which, when polished, show gleams of gold,” says The Ven. Dr Anne van Gend