Sin /
Connolly investigates the realities of sin through reflection on different biblical and literary texts. Writers as varied as Sophocles, Graham Greene, Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Irvine Welsh help illuminate different models of sin. Physical evil, law and morality, alienation and existence, power and...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Continuum,
2002.
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| Series: | New century theology.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Contents; Introduction; 1 Echoes and Resonances in Early Civilizations; 2 The Biblical Context: God's Unfolding Story of Love; 3 The Development of the Vocabulary and the Theology of Sin; 4 Rediscovery, Renewal and Revitalization; 5 Of Human Fault, Frailty and Finitude; 6 Solidarity in Sin: The Social Dimension; 7 Overcoming Sin: Conversion and Reconciliation; 8 Towards a Synthetic Account of Sin; Index.
