03765cam a2200625Ii 4500 ocn794004267 OCoLC 20200709055507.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 120521s2012 nju ob 001 0 eng d 2011053128 N$T eng rda N$T CDX YDXCP E7B VLB OCLCQ MEAUC JSTOR ZXC OCLCO N$T COO OCLCO DEBBG TEFOD OCLCO P@U LOA OCLCO JBG AZK CNNLC 961624656 962603417 9781400841592 electronic bk. 1400841593 electronic bk. 9780691128900 0691128901 (OCoLC)794004267 (OCoLC)961624656 (OCoLC)962603417 22573/cttmchh JSTOR 011AF478-A5B4-4D3E-B47F-DEED54F552C0 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com BT715 .F74 2012eb REL 067070 bisacsh REL028000 bisacsh REL067070 bisacsh REL051000 bisacsh REL033000 bisacsh 241/.309015 23 REL033000 REL067070 REL028000 REL051000 bisacsh MAIN Fredriksen, Paula. Sin : the early history of an idea / Paula Fredriksen. Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2012] 1 online resource (vii, 209 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier 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, the author, a historian of religion 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 this book 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 an account of the early history of an idea that has centrally shaped Christianity and left a deep impression on the secular world as well. Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-191) and index. Description based on print version record. God, blood, and the Temple: Jesus and Paul on sin -- Flesh and the devil: sin in the second century -- A rivalry of genius: sin and its consequences in Origen and Augustine. Master record variable field(s) change: 082 Sin Christianity History of doctrines Early church, ca. 30-600. RELIGION / Christian Theology / Ethics bisacsh Electronic books. Electronic books. local Print version: Fredriksen, Paula. Sin. Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2012 9780691128900 (DLC) 2011053128 (OCoLC)761850987 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=444115 Coutts Information Services COUT 22288214 YBP Library Services YANK 7446825 ebrary EBRY ebr10558446 EBSCOhost EBSC 444115 Project MUSE MUSE muse43408 92 N$T 51052 51052