A History of Sin : How Evil Changes, But Never Goes Away
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0742558134
ISBN-13
9780742558137
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 25th, 2007
Print length
264 Pages
Weight
513 grams
Dimensions
23.70 x 16.10 x 2.50 cms
Product Classification:
Ethics & moral philosophyTheology
Ksh 3,900.00
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In this highly-readable volume, Portmann traces changing conceptions of sin though history and analyzes the role that sin, and our understanding of it, plays in today's society.
In A History of Sin, John Portmann argues that especially since 9/11, the reality of sin has made a strong comeback, and he believes that even liberal Christians, who have downplayed the notion of sin, have to take the fact of personal evildoing seriously. Starting in the present, Portmann then loops back into the past to outline the key moments in the history of sin from the ancient Greeks and Israelites through Jesus and Paul to Augustine and Dante and on up to the present. A History of Sin reveals how some kinds of sin, such as usury, have faded or undergone radical transformation, and how other activities, such as slavery, polygamy, gender inequality, etc., have come to be regarded as sinful. In this highly readable volume, Portmann examines how our changing understanding of sin impacts today''s society.
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