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001 2011053128
003 DLC
005 20130117082906.0
008 120105s2012 nju b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2011053128
020 $a9780691128900 (hardback : acid-free paper)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aBT715$b.F74 2012
082 00 $a241/.309015$223
084 $aREL033000$aREL067070$aREL028000$aREL051000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aFredriksen, Paula.
245 10 $aSin :$bthe early history of an idea /$cPaula Fredriksen.
260 $aPrinceton ;$aOxford :$bPrinceton University Press,$c[2012]
300 $avii, 209 pages ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"Ancient Christians invoked sin to account for an astonishing range of things, from the death of God's son to the politics of the Roman Empire that worshipped him. In this book, award-winning historian of religion Paula Fredriksen tells the surprising story of early Christian concepts of sin, exploring the ways that sin came to shape ideas about God no less than about humanity. Long before Christianity, of course, cultures had articulated the idea that human wrongdoing violated relations with the divine. But Sin tells how, in the fevered atmosphere of the four centuries between Jesus and Augustine, singular new Christian ideas about sin emerged in rapid and vigorous variety, including the momentous shift from the belief that sin is something one does to something that one is born into. As the original defining circumstances of their movement quickly collapsed, early Christians were left to debate the causes, manifestations, and remedies of sin. This is a powerful and original account of the early history of an idea that has centrally shaped Christianity and left a deep impression on the secular world as well"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 185-191) and index.
650 0 $aSin$xChristianity$xHistory of doctrines$yEarly church, ca. 30-600.
650 7 $aRELIGION / History.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aRELIGION / Christian Theology / Ethics.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aRELIGION / Ethics.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aRELIGION / Philosophy.$2bisacsh