Product Description

This original work of theological anthropology looks at original sin in the light of the Resurrection. It is based on the conviction that the doctrine of original sin is a vital perspective on what it is to be human when seen with Resurrection eyes. From this point of view, one is able to read all the major doctrines of Christianity from the order of discovery, and forgiveness becomes the way of transformation.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #298553 in Books
• Published on: 1998-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 323 pages

Review
A terrific book - like everything James Alison does - full of tremendous spiritual and theological insight. --Rend Girard, author of Violence and the Sacred

A summa of sorts - thoroughly original. While remaining faithful to tradition, James Alison is constantly breaking new ground for its understanding and application. --Andrew J. McKenna, Chair, Department of Modern Languages, Loyola University of Chicago

One should, one can, never say of a theological work that it is the definitive statement on its subject. But very occasionally one is tempted to do so, and this book represents that temptation in acute form. --Sebastian Moore, from the Foreword

About the Author
James Alison is the author of Raising Abel and Knowing Jesus. He studied at Blackfriars, Oxford, and with the Jesuits in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. He has taught theology at the Universidad Catolica Boliviana and at the Instituto Pedro de Cordoba in Chile, as well as lecturing in Costa Rico and Mexico. He currently holds the T.L. James Chair of Religion at Centenary College of Louisiana.

Customer Reviews

Girard applied to theology
René Girard has been called the Copernicus of the human sciences, but up till now his popularity among social scientists is limited. In order to experience how well Girard's mimetology works in different scientific areas, we are in need of theorists who attempt to apply Girard's ideas to theology, psychology, literary sciences and so on. James Alison is some one who does so in the area of biblical exegesis. Alison's is a very thorough work, eloquent in its argument and truthful to the spirit of Girard's main ideas.