Sin and forgiveness : new choices in a changing world
The movement away from accepting the authority of religious institutions can be seen as a wider cultural shift in the West. The author explores the issues of sin and forgiveness and the manner in which they connect with the idea of the absurd, or that which is devoid of purpose.
xxiv., 163 pages, [7] pages plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
9780754634065, 9780754634058, 075463406X, 0754634051
909253286
Contents: Introduction; Narratives of a modern dilemma; Responses to sin and forgiveness in art and literature; The move to a contemporary view of sin; Contemporary perspectives on forgiveness; The persistence and intensification of structural sin; How do we live together? Final conclusions; Postscript; Bibliography; Index.