| Description |
1 online resource (225 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 AUGUSTINE''S INWARD TURN: AN AMBIGUOUS BEGINNING; Chapter 2 LUTHER''S RADICAL AND RELIGIOUS INCURVATURE; CHAPTER 3 (How) Do WOMEN SIN? DAPHNE HAMPSON AND THE FEMINIST CRITIQUE OF LUTHER; Chapter 4 BROADENING THE RANGE OF THE METAPHOR: BARTH''S THREEFOLD DESCRIPTION OF SIN; CODA; Bibliography |
| Summary |
Matt Jenson€argues€that the image of being 'curved in on oneself' is the best paradigm for understanding sin relationally, that it has sufficient explanatory breadth and depth to be of service to contemporary Christian theology.€He looks to Augustine as the Christian source for this image in his various references to humanity's turn to itself, though the threads of a relational account of sin are not drawn together with any systematic consequence until Martin Luther's description of 'homo incurvatus in se' in his commentary on Romans. Luther radicalizes Augustine's conception by |
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Print version record |
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Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430
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| SUBJECT |
Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430 fast |
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Sin -- Christianity.
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Sin -- Christianity
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780567577887 |
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0567577880 |
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