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Original Sin: Illuminating the Riddle

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Blocher then analyses the status of "The Fall" in the context of Genesis, modern science and a wider theological context. Blocher favours the 'framework' interpretation of the early chapters of Genesis, which means he understands "The Fall" as a complex type of 'myth' containing historical elements
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Blocher begins by outlining the doctrine of Original Sin in its four parts. Universal sinfulness, the shared culpability of all humanity. Natural sinfulness, the innate or natural tendency to sin in people. Inherited sinfulness, the transmission of the Adam's original sin. Adamic sinfulness the
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5. In this chapter Blocher compares two common theological views of understanding "The Fall" with some of his own ideas about the topic.
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Blocher concludes the book with two chapters about the significance of "The Fall" for humanity and the solution provided by the
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such as Adam, Eve, the Garden itself and an actual act of original rebellion.
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with an act of rebellion by Adam, also known as "The Fall".
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The core of the book is centred on Blocher's discussion of
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based on Lectures given by Henri Blocher in 1995 at
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Henri Blocher
Theology
Eerdmans
1997
Paperback
ISBN
0-8308-2605-X
OCLC
439259637
Dewey Decimal
LC Class
theological
monograph
Moore Theological College
Sydney
Christian doctrine
original sin
D. A. Carson
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
Garden of Eden
Romans
atonement
Jesus Christ
Hamartiology
Review of Original Sin
Categories
Christian theology books
1997 books
Christian hamartiology

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