A brief inquiry into the meaning of sin and faith
Subtitle: with "on my religion"
By: John Rawls ; edited by Thomas Nagel.
Contributors: Adams, Robert Merrihew; Cohen, Joshua, and Nagel, Thomas.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9780674033313
Subjects: Rawls, John, -- 1921-2002 -- Religion; Philosophical theology; Philosophy and religion; Sin; Faith
First sentence: It seems that every theology and every philosophy proceeds to investigate experience with certain fundamental presuppositions.
Description: Rawls' senior thesis, in which he defines faith as community with God and sin as breaking with the community by expressing ego.  Includes a pair of preliminary essays and brief later reflection by Rawls backtracking on the more organizational parts of his earlier constructs.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction, Joshua Cohen and Thomas Nagel
pagenum: 1; title: The Theological Ethics of the Young Rawls and Its Background, Robert Merrihew Adams
pagenum: 24; title: A Brief Inquiry into the Meaning of Sin and Faith
pagenum: 103; title: A Note on the text
pagenum: 104; title: Preface
pagenum: 107; label: 1
title: A General Prospectus
pagenum: 110; label: 2
title: Vindication of the Natural Cosmos
pagenum: 129; label: 3
title: The Extended Natural Cosmos
pagenum: 157; label: 4
title: The Meaning of Sin
pagenum: 179; label: 5
title: The Meaning of Faith
pagenum: 214; title: Bibliography
pagenum: 253; title: On My Religion
pagenum: 259; title: General Index
pagenum: 271; title: Index of Biblical Passages
pagenum: 277