Academic
Sin
Outline: T&T Clark's Guides for the Perplexed are clear, concise, and accessible introductions to thinkers, writers, and subjects that students and readers can find especially challenging. Concentrating specifically on what it is that makes the subject difficult to grasp, these books explain and explore key themes and ideas, guiding the reader toward a thorough understanding of demanding material. Christianity concerns itself with salvation, but salvation implies something from which one must be saved - as reconciliation implies an estrangement - and redemption a loss. The classical theological symbol naming the problem to which salvation is the solution is sin. Interpreting the meaning of sin, however, has become difficult for two reasons: sin has become a taboo subject in popular discourse, and has acquired an extermely broad meaning in recent theology. The author situates and interprets biblical material on sin, and offers a lucid history of the doctrine.
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