What's Wrong with Sin

Derek Nelson is Professor Religion at Wabash College, USA.

'For the theological student or pastor, Derek Nelson's study on the changing understanding of sin should become a vital reference. Nelson traces the critique of individualistic views of sin for more social views and the relational self in 19th century theology. He then shows the flowering of these new understandings in Latin American Liberation theologies, Feminist and Womanist theologies and Korean Minjung Theology in the last third of the twentieth century.'   Rosemary Radford Ruether, Claremont Graduate University, USA

• Chapter I: Introduction Part I: Nineteenth Century Typology Chapter II: Ritschl's Critique of Schleiermacher on Individual Sin Chapter III: Finney and Nevin on Individual and Social Sin Part II: Twentieth Century Application Chapter IV: Individual and Social Sin in Selected Latin American Theologies Chapter V: Individual and Social Sin in Selected Feminist Theologies Chapter VI: Individual and Social Sin in Selected Asian Theologies Chapter VII: Conclusion