Sin / Hugh Connolly
- Author
- Connolly, Hugh
- Published
- London : Continuum, 2002.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (viii, 168 pages).
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- Series
- 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.
- Summary
- 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 money, spiritual love and failure are some of the ever-compelling themes that are scrutinized. In Dostoevsky's novels, sin is the rejection of life and love and a refusal to commit oneself to destiny. This book rediscovers a truly relational understanding of sin and moves toward a more adult concep.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9781441124821 (electronic bk.)
1441124829 (electronic bk.)
9781474213271 (online)
1474213278
0826451845
9780826451842 - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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