The Spiritual Condition of Infants

The Spiritual Condition of Infants
Author: Adam Harwood
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 197
Release: 2011-03-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1608998444

What is the spiritual condition of infants? According to the Augustinian-Calvinist view, all people inherit from the first Adam both a sinful nature and his guilt. The result is that all infants are subject to the judgment of God against their nature before they knowingly commit any sinful actions. But is this the clear teaching of Scripture? In The Spiritual Condition of Infants, Adam Harwood examines ten relevant biblical texts and the writings of sixteen theologians in order to clarify the spiritual condition of infants. Although no passage explicitly states the spiritual condition of infants, each text makes contributions by addressing the doctrines of man, sin, the church, and salvation. If this biblical-historical analysis exposes the traditional Augustinian-Calvinist view to be inadequate, then is it possible to construct an alternate view of the spiritual condition of infants? Such a view should remain faithful to the biblical emphasis on humankind's connection to Adam and his sin but also recognize the guilt and condemnation of an individual only in the manner and time that God does in Scripture. That is the aim of this book.

The Transformation of American Religion

The Transformation of American Religion
Author: Alan Wolfe
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2005-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0226905187

In this astounding account, a leading sociologist demonstrates that religion in America has become so tamed and softened that it hardly serves any of its original functions.