Bound to Sin - Abuse, Holocaust and the Christian Doctrine of Sin

Discusses Christian doctrine of sin in relation to sexual abuse of children and the holocaust.

List of contents

Acknowledgments; Part I. Drawing into Conversation: 1. The loss of God: pragmatic atheism and the language of sin; 2. Speaking morally? The case of original sin; 3. Testing, testing: theology in concrete conversation; Part II. Concrete Pathologies: 4. Bound by silence: sexual abuse of children; 5. What was the problem? 'The Final Solution' and the binding of reason; Part III. Testing the Inheritance: 6. Willing; 7. Power and participation: feminist theologies of sin; 8. Augustine's will; 9. A question of standards: trinity, joy, worship and idolatry; 10. Concrete idolatries; Index of names; Index of subjects.

Summary

This book discusses the Christian doctrine of sin in relation to sexual abuse of children and the holocaust, allowing these pathological situations to illuminate and question our understanding of sin and vice versa. It is more theological than most discussions of abuse in pastoral theology.

Product details

• Authors: Alistair McFadyen, Alistair I. McFadyen
• Assisted by: Daniel W. Hardy (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.02.2011
• EAN: 9780521432863
• ISBN: 978-0-521-43286-3
• No. of pages: 270
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 593 g
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Christian; Cambridge Studies in Christian
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology