Bound to Sin by Alistair Mcfadyen

Bound to Sin by Alistair Mcfadyen

This book tests the explanatory and descriptive power of the doctrine of sin in relation to two concrete situations: sexual abuse of children and the holocaust. Taking seriously the explanatory power of secular discourses for analysing and regulating therapeutic action in relation to such situations, the book asks whether the theological language of sin can offer further illumination by speaking of God and the world together. Through its discussion of abuse and the holocaust, an engagement with Augustine, original sin and feminism, a fresh and sometimes surprising perspective is offered, both on the theology of sin and on the pathologies under consideration. The understanding of sin that emerges is centred on joyful worship of the trinitarian God. This essay is more systematic and more theological than most practical, pastoral or applied theology and more practical and concrete than most systematic or constructive theology. It is a genuinely concrete, systematic theology.

'An important contemporary contribution to a debate which Christians ignore at their peril' Expository Times

Dr. Alistair McFadyen is Senior Lecturer at the University of Leeds, England. Dr. Alistair McFayden is Senior Lecturer at the University of Leeds, UK. Dr. Michael Sarot is Lecturer in Philosophy of Religion at the University of Utrecht.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780521438681
ISBN 10	0521438683
Title	Bound to Sin
Author	Alistair Mcfadyen
Series	Cambridge Studies In Christian Doctrine
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	2000-08-15
Number of pages	272
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
Note	Unavailable