Redeeming Sin?
Social Diagnostics amid Ecological Destruction
Seiten
2017
Lexington Books (Verlag)
9781498542456 (ISBN)
Lexington Books (Verlag)
9781498542456 (ISBN)
In this contribution to ecotheology, Ernst Conradie addresses the question whether Christian sin-talk can be retrieved in the public sphere. He argues that sin may be regarded as a form of social diagnostics and defends the plausibility of sin-talk in conversation with evolutionary biology, animal ethology, and the cognitive sciences.
Can Christian sin-talk be retrieved within the public sphere? In this contribution to ecotheology, Ernst M. Conradie argues that, amid ecological destruction, discourse on sin can contribute to a multidisciplinary depth diagnosis of what has gone wrong in the world. He confronts some major obstacles related to the plausibility of sin-talk in conversation with evolutionary biology, the cognitive sciences, and animal ethology. He defends an Augustinian insistence that social evil, rather than natural evil, is our primary predicament. If the root cause of social evil is sin, then a Christian confession of sin may yet yield good news for the whole earth.
Can Christian sin-talk be retrieved within the public sphere? In this contribution to ecotheology, Ernst M. Conradie argues that, amid ecological destruction, discourse on sin can contribute to a multidisciplinary depth diagnosis of what has gone wrong in the world. He confronts some major obstacles related to the plausibility of sin-talk in conversation with evolutionary biology, the cognitive sciences, and animal ethology. He defends an Augustinian insistence that social evil, rather than natural evil, is our primary predicament. If the root cause of social evil is sin, then a Christian confession of sin may yet yield good news for the whole earth.
Ernst M. Conradie is senior professor in the Department of Religion and Theology at the University of the Western Cape.
Introduction: Sin and Social Diagnostics
1. Penultimate Perspectives on the Roots of Environmental Destruction in Africa
2. Where Have Things Gone Awry in Evolutionary History?
3. How is the Story of What Went Wrong in the World to be Told?
4. Obstacles Thwarting a Retrieval of a Christian Notion of Sin
5. Posse Non Peccare?
Conclusion: Engaging in Social Diagnostics
| Erscheinungsdatum | 31.01.2018 |
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| Reihe/Serie | Religious Ethics and Environmental Challenges |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 160 x 236 mm |
| Gewicht | 544 g |
| Themenwelt | Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution | |
| ISBN-13 | 9781498542456 / 9781498542456 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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