Fortunate fallibility
Subtitle: Kierkegaard and the power of sin
By: Jason A. Mahn
Series: Reflection and theory in the study of religion series; Reflection and theory in the study of religion
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
ISBN-13: 9780199790661
Subjects: Fall of man; Fallibility; Sin; Christianity
Description: For more than 1500 years, the claim that Adam's Fall might be considered fortunate has been Christianity's most controversial and difficult idea. Jason Mahn's study examines Kierkegaard's para/orthodixical language of human fallibility and Christian sin.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-258) and index.
Table of contents: title: Figuring a fortunate fall; title: Felix fragilitas in the concept of anxiety; title: Felix fallibilitas in the sickness unto death; title: Felix offensatio in practice in Christianity; title: Felicitas : between cross and resurrection; title: Postscript : Christian para/orthodoxy : toward a postmodern hamartiology.