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Speaking of Sin

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Speaking of Sin
- trade paperback book
In Speaking of Sin, Barbara Brown Taylor brings her fresh perspective to a cluster of words that often cause us discomfort and have widely fallen into neglect: sin, damnation, repentance, penance, and salvation. She asks, â€œWhy, then, should we speak of sin anymore? The only reason I can think of is because we believe that God means to redeem the world through us.

â€œAbandoning the language of sin will not make sin go away. Human beings will continue to experience alienation, deformation, damnation and death no matter what we call them. Abandoning the language will simply leave us speechless before them, and increase our denial of their presence in our lives. Ironically, it will also weaken the language of grace, since the full impact of forgiveness cannot be felt apart from the full impact of what has been forgiven.â€

Contrary to the prevailing view, Taylor calls sin â€œa helpful, hopeful word.â€ Naming our sins, she contends, enables us to move from â€œguilt to grace.â€ In recovering this â€œlost language of salvationâ€ in our worship and in the fabric of our individual lives, we have an opportunity to â€œtake part in the divine work of redemption.â€
Country USA
Brand Cowley Publications
Manufacturer Cowley Publications
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber part_1561011894
ReleaseDate 2001-01-25
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781561011896

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