The Moral influence view of the atonement is a doctrine in Christian theology related to the meaning and effect of the death of Jesus Christ and, while originating in the Middle Ages, has been largely taught in liberal Christian circles, most famously by Charles G. Finney, whose Systematic Theology exounded heavily upon it. Drawing primarily from the works of Pierre Abélard, the Moral influence theory teaches that Christ's death on the cross served for humankind as an example of God's great love and Christ's obedience. The Atonement is the central doctrine of Christianity: everything else derives from it. ... It has been suggested that Christian theological controversy be merged into this article or section. ... Jesus (8-2 BC/BCE — 29-36 AD/CE),[1] also known as Jesus of Nazareth, is the central figure of Christianity. ... For Christian theological modernism in the Roman Catholic Church, see Modernism (Roman Catholicism). ... See also Charles Grandison Finney, American evangelist. ... Systematic theology is the study of Christian theology organized thematically (as opposed to historically, as in Historical Theology or Biblical Theology — according to some uses of the latter term). ... Abaelardus and Heloïse surprised by Master Fulbert, by Romanticist painter Jean Vignaud (1819) Pierre Abélard (in English, Peter Abelard) or Abailard (1079 – April 21, 1142) was a French scholastic philosopher. ...