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What's wrong with sin? [electronic resource] : sin in individual and social perspective from Schleiermacher to theologies of liberation / Derek R. Nelson.
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TextPublication details: London ; New York : T & T Clark, c2009.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 209 p.)ISBN: - 9780567059260 (electronic bk.)
- 056705926X (electronic bk.)
- 202.2 22
- BT715 .N39 2009eb
Contents:
Summary: The 20th century witnessed a vast proliferation of conceptions of sin in Christian thought. One hallmark thereof has been an increased emphasis on the non-individualistic dimensions of human sin. It is suggested here that there have been two primary types of rejections of individualism in doctrines of sin in the last half-century, the "structural sin" type and the "relational self" type. The book concludes with recommendations drawn from the preceding analyses for further understanding of the social dimensions of sin: the need for clarifying the agential status of a "social structure;" the mor
Introduction -- pt. 1. Nineteenth-century types of social sin. Schleiermacher and Ritschl on individual and social sin -- Finney and Nevin on individual and social sin -- pt. 2. Twentieth-century application. Individual and social sin in selected Latin American theologies -- Individual and social sin in selected feminist theologies -- Individual and social sin in selected Asian theologies -- Conclusion.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-206) and index.
Introduction -- pt. 1. Nineteenth-century types of social sin. Schleiermacher and Ritschl on individual and social sin -- Finney and Nevin on individual and social sin -- pt. 2. Twentieth-century application. Individual and social sin in selected Latin American theologies -- Individual and social sin in selected feminist theologies -- Individual and social sin in selected Asian theologies -- Conclusion.
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The 20th century witnessed a vast proliferation of conceptions of sin in Christian thought. One hallmark thereof has been an increased emphasis on the non-individualistic dimensions of human sin. It is suggested here that there have been two primary types of rejections of individualism in doctrines of sin in the last half-century, the "structural sin" type and the "relational self" type. The book concludes with recommendations drawn from the preceding analyses for further understanding of the social dimensions of sin: the need for clarifying the agential status of a "social structure;" the mor
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