Maybe this is too far off topic (let me know, if it is)...but I'm pretty ignorant about specifics of what is/what is NOT Calvinism, because there does seem to be a few (some even contradictory) streams of Calvinism. I wonder if there are other theories that are accepted by Calvinism besides PSA? I recently read about the "already inaugurated eschatology" and thought I'd read it was more of a traditional Calvinism view. Does anyone know for sure? This is what I mean:
Inaugurated who? Inaugurated eschatology. Eschatology is generally understood as the “study of end times,” but when used with reference to inaugurated eschatology, it refers specifically to the kingdom of God and how it relates to Jesus’ first coming. This is the concept that the dawn of the “end of the age” has come in the life, ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus the Jewish Messiah, Lord and Savior.The kingdom of God has been ushered in, though it is not yet consummated. A “bite size” definition is,
What seems to go together with this theology is this view of atonement (at-one-ment):
Quoting this page:
http://www.dennyburk.com/does-n-t-wright-hold-to-penal-substitution/
Lee Irons has an interesting post on N. T. Wright’s view of the atonement. You need to read the whole thing, but here’s the conclusion:
“It looks more like a case of using orthodox labels to refer to a position that is not orthodox. At the end of the day, for Bishop Wright, sin is an impersonal evil force, not personal rebellion against God; sin has bad consequences, but does not elicit God’s punitive wrath against the sinner; and the cross is to be understood as some version of the Christus Victor theory in which Christ defeats evil by letting it do its worst to him, not as a penal satisfaction of divine justice.”