1 The loss of God : pragmatic atheism and the language of sin -- 2 Speaking morally? : the case of original sin -- 3 Testing, testing : theology in concrete conversation -- 4 Bound by silence : sexual abuse of children -- 5 What was the problem? : 'The Final Solution' and the binding of reason -- 6 Willing -- 7 Power and participation : feminist theologies of sin -- 8 Augustine's will -- 9 A question of standards : Trinity, joy, worship and idolatry; Who is God? The plenitude and abundance of the triune God
Summary
This book discusses the Christian doctrine of sin in relation to sexual abuse of children and the Holocaust, allowing these pathological situations to illuminate and question our understanding of sin. Taking seriously the explanatory power of secular discourses for analyzing and regulating therapeutic action in relation to such situations, the book asks whether the theological language of sin can offer further illumination by speaking of God and the world together. The book is unusual in discussing the Holocaust in relation to Christian doctrine
