Gravity of sin : Augustine, Luther and Barth on ’homo incurvatus in se’

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Introduction 1. Augustine's inward turn: An ambiguous beginning Love makes the city The goodness of the garden Participation and relationality Civic foundations What happened? The beginning of sin Falsehood Pride Isolation Falling into slavery The call to humility Augustine's ambiguous inwardness in The Trinity A conclusion 2. Luther's radical and religious invurvature. Setting the task Simus iustus et peccator Fuel to the fire: The persistence of the fomes Copernicux Redux The logic of person and works Totus homo? The postures of death and spirit Incurvatus in se as ignorance: The critique of natural understanding Using, enjoying: Incurvatus in se as egoism Homo religiosus as Homo incurvatus in se The violation of vocation: Transgressing the limits of calling Conclusion: Augustine versus Luther? 3. (How) Do women sin? Daphne Hampson and the Feminist critique of Luther Introduction Hampson's critique of Luther on sin, incurvatus in se and the self Hampson's alternative Transition: Key questions Problems with a gendered approach to sin Hampson's account of sin per se and the controlling factor of continuity On the explanatory sufficiency of incurvatus in se 4. Broadening the range of the metaphor: Barth's threefold description of sin Introduction A brief apology for paradigms Sin Christologically defined Humanity through a Christological lens: A closer look Sin as pride Sin as falsehood Sin as sloth Hampson and Barth: A tale of two sloths Conclusion Coda Select Bibliography.