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Zusatztext 'Hyper-individualism is everyone's favorite whipping-boy these days, but solutions to the problem too often end up flat or trite. Derek Nelson's survey of responses to individualism in the doctrine of sin in the last two centuries nicely sets the table for a constructive theology of social sin. A generous yet incisive reader, Nelson listens to and learns from wildly disparate voices (Schleiermacher and Finney and Gutierrez - oh my!). His critical patience and concern to engage in constructive Christian theology ensure that the strong medicine of contextual theology is not hopelessly diluted by mere description, the vacuous praise of the guilty holders of power, or the flattening of inter-religious generalizations. His proposal to integrate a structural account of sin and a relational anthropology, coupled with a call for analytic rigor in our understandings of both, brings clarity to a cloudy discussion. One only hopes that he will write the constructive theology of social sin for which he calls!' - Matt Jenson, Biola University, La Mirada, CA, USA Informationen zum Autor Derek Nelson is Professor Religion at Wabash College, USA. Klappentext Two primary doctrines of sin are posited in the last half-century, the "structural sin" type and the "relational self" type. Vorwort A textbook on the development of the doctrine of sin, explaining the shift from an individual to a social understanding since the early 19th century. Zusammenfassung This title portrays two primary doctrines of sin, posited in the last half-century, the 'structural sin' type and the 'relational self' type. After an introduction to the current discussion on the doctrine of sin, two nineteenth century rejections of individualistic conceptions of sin are exposited and critiqued. The book concludes with recommendations drawn from the preceding analyses for further understanding of the social dimensions of sin. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter I: Introduction Part I: Nineteenth Century Typology Chapter II: Ritschl's Critique of Schleiermacher on Individual Sin Chapter III: Finney and Nevin on Individual and Social Sin Part II: Twentieth Century Application Chapter IV: Individual and Social Sin in Selected Latin American Theologies Chapter V: Individual and Social Sin in Selected Feminist Theologies Chapter VI: Individual and Social Sin in Selected Asian Theologies Chapter VII: Conclusion ...
