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15 kwi 2021 · The present article focuses specifically on treatments of sin within the contemporary Christian analytic theological tradition. Even limited just to the contemporary Christian tradition, “sin” denotes a broad category which can be subcategorized in a number of ways.
- Atonement
Bibliography Abbreviations. AH = Irenaeus’s Against...
- Forgiveness
To forgive is to respond in a particular way to someone who...
- Bibliography
Classic works of philosophical theology like Swinburne...
- Creation and Conservation
In the philosophy of religion, creation is the action by...
- Atonement
In Christianity, sin is an immoral act and transgression of divine law. [1] The doctrine of sin is central to the Christian faith, since its basic message is about redemption in Christ. [2]
Original sin (Latin: peccatum originale) in Christian theology refers to the condition of sinfulness that all humans share, which is inherited from Adam and Eve due to the Fall, involving the loss of original righteousness and the distortion of the Image of God. [1]
Basic features of moral responsibility -the importance of intention, knowledge, and the ability to do otherwise - are swamped by the immensity of social sin. Perhaps, then, we should accept that we are completely caught up in and yet culpable for the evils that structure our world.
As theologian Gregory Baum says, “Personal sin is freely chosen; social sin is collective blindness. There is sin as deed and sin as illness." Social sin resides within a group or a community of people.
8 lis 2023 · Original sin, also described as ancestral sin, is a Christian view of the nature of sin in which humanity has existed since the fall of man. Original sin arose from Adam and Eve's transgression in Eden, the sin of disobedience in eating the forbidden fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
The concept of social sin is rooted in the Hebrew scriptures where prophets denounced injustices inflicted on the poor, widows, and orphans. In the New Testament, Jesus denounces religious leaders who neglect justice and mercy. Role in Liberation Theology.
