Theologies of Atonement

Have you ever had one of those days when you're trying to read about various competing theologies of atonement, going back to Irenaeus, up through Gregory of Nyssa and on to Martin Luther, and the whole time George Clinton is chanting, "We want the funk.... give up the funk, ow, we need the funk... gotta have the funk..." over and over and over again?
It happens to me all the time.