New Century Theology: Sin

The concept of sin has become unfashionable. In a society, which claims to be psychologically sophisticated, explanations for human behaviour tend to diminish human responsibility. In the age of Myra Hindley, Dennis Nielsen and the murder of Jamie Bulger, these issues are urgent issues by any reckoning.

In this sane, wise and thoroughly modern book, Hugh Connolly argues for a renewed sense of sin. He examines our understanding of sin, going back to the pre Christian era and rescues what is best from the past. He restates this in terms in which modern, thoughtful people will respond to.

Along the way, he tackles St Augustine, Martin Luther, Calvin but also looks at examples from literature, philosophy and contemporary culture. The biblical tradition is also examined with great care. Theologians, psychotherapists, educators and parents may all perhaps today lament the absence of the sense of sin.

Hugh Connolly shows how it may begin to be retrieved and how it will lead to our greater moral and spiritual wellbeing. This new title in the 'New Century' is a tour de force.