Synopses & Reviews
Review
"The profound questions broached in Bound to Sin make it an important addition to the growing theological literature on sin and responsibility." Interpretation"This book offers an excellent analysis of Augustine's doctrine of the will. It also provides a surprisingly fresh and appreciative overview of feminist literature as it relates to the topic of sin." Thomas E. Breidenthal, Anglican Theological Review
Synopsis
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, more rigorous in its theological analysis than Ted PetersâSin or Polingâs Abuse of Power, and more orthodox than the latter. It is also rare for discussions of the holocaust to be conducted in relation to Christian doctrine.
Table 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? âThe Final Solutionâand the binding of reason; Part III. Testing the Inheritance: 6. Willing; 7. Power and participation: feminist theologies of sin; 8. Augustineâs will; 9. A question of standards: trinity, joy, worship and idolatry; 10. Concrete idolatries; Index of names; Index of subjects.