"Their Peculiar Redeemer": Robert Sandeman and the Doctrine of the Atonement

Abstract

Robert Sandeman (1718–1771) was a Scottish minister who begat the Sandemanian movement that carried into the early nineteenth century. Though Sandeman is widely known for his controversial view on the nature of saving faith, his stance on the nature and extent of the atonement underpinned many of his theological and ecclesiological beliefs. This paper explores the history of Sandeman’s life, the discussion regarding atonement theories in the eighteenth century, and his own writings on the cross of Christ.