Modern Theories of Sin
Author | : William Edwin Orchard |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 1909 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : William Edwin Orchard |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 1909 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Matthew Croasmun |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 297 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 019027798X |
We can have a sense that when we try to do right by one another, we aren't merely striving against ourselves. The feeling is that we are struggling against something--someone-else. As if there's a force-a person- that wishes us ill. In his letter to the Romans, the apostle Paul describes just such a person: Sin, a cosmic tyrant who constrains our moral freedom, confuses our moral judgment, and condemns us to slavery and to death. Commentators have long argued about whether Paul literally means to say Sin is a person or is simply indulging in literary personification, but regardless of Paul's intentions, for modern readers it would seem clear enough: there is no such thing as a cosmic tyrant. Surely it is more reasonable to suppose "Sin" is merely a colorful way of describing individual misdeeds or, at most, a way of evoking the intractability of our social ills. In The Emergence of Sin, Matthew Croasmun suggests we take another look. The vision of Sin he offers is at once scientific and theological, social and individual, corporeal and mythological. He argues both that the cosmic power Sin is nothing more than an emergent feature of a vast human network of transgression and that this power is nevertheless real, personal, and one whom we had better be ready to resist. Ultimately, what is on offer here is an account of the world re-mythologized at the hands of chemists, evolutionary biologists, sociologists, and entomologists. In this world, Paul's text is not a relic of a forgotten mythical past, but a field manual for modern living.
Author | : WILLIAM EDWIN. ORCHARD |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781033965962 |
Author | : William Edwin Orchard |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 2018-02-04 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780267774203 |
Excerpt from Modern Theories of Sin There are, therefore, two ways Of regarding sin from the transcendental side, as a fact in the sight Of God, Of which man may be unconscious; or as a fact Of which man is conscious; unfortunately, one term does duty for both. Guilt might be used to describe the latter condi tion, save that it would still be possible to think of men as guilty in the sight and judgment Of God and yet themselves unconscious Of their guiAbout the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author | : Frederick Robert Tennant |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 1912 |
Genre | : Sin |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Daniel W. Houck |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 295 |
Release | : 2020-03-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1108493696 |
Drawing on Aquinas, Houck proposes a groundbreaking theory of original sin that is theologically robust and consonant with evolutionary theory.
Author | : W. E. (William Edwin) 1877-195 Orchard |
Publisher | : Sagwan Press |
Total Pages | : 172 |
Release | : 2015-08-24 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781340186685 |
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Author | : Jesse Couenhoven |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 275 |
Release | : 2013-06-07 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0199948704 |
According to Augustine's doctrine of original sin, Adam's progeny share a collective guilt which, like an infection, spreads through wayward sexual desires, passing from parent to child. But is it fair to blame sinners if they inherit evil like a disease? In Stricken by Sin, Cured by Christ Jesse Couenhoven clarifies the logic and illogic of Augustine's controversial views about human agency. The first half of the book examines why Augustine believed we are trapped by evil, and why only Christ can save us. Couenhoven examines overlooked texts Augustine wrote at the culmination of his career and offers a novel reading of his views about whether we control our personal identities, what we should be held culpable for, and whether freedom is compatible with necessity. The second half of the book develops a philosophically and scientifically astute theory of responsibility that makes it possible to retrieve some of Augustine's most divisive claims. Couenhoven makes a case for the surprising thesis that a carefully formulated doctrine of original sin is profoundly humane. The claim that sin is original takes seriously our dependence on one another for essential aspects of character and personality, our ownership of cognitive and volitional states that are not simply products of voluntary choices, and our status as personal agents of evil. Attending to these aspects of our lives challenges the idea that each individual's moral and spiritual standing is up to her or him, and drives us to ponder not only the nature of our responsibility and the shape of the freedom we seek, but also the need for grace we all share.