Sin and the Vulnerability of Embodied Life : Towards a Catholic Theology of Social Sin

Bray, Charlotte; McFarland, Ian A. (EDT); Davidson, Ivor J. (EDT); Ziegler, Philip G. (EDT); Webster, John (EDT)

ISBN 10: 056771487X / ISBN 13: 9780567714879

Published by T&T Clark, 2025

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sin and the Vulnerability of Embodied Life : Towards a Catholic Theology of Social Sin
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 056771487X
• ISBN 13: 9780567714879
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book explores how Catholics should speak about sin and grace in a world where structural injustice holds sway causing violence and harm. Bray brings diverse voices into creative dialogue to explore why unjust social situations can properly be called sin from a Catholic theological perspective, and how this sin can be understood to impact one’s agency, freedom, and historical condition vis-à-vis God. Discussing disparate thinkers such as John Paul II, Judith Butler, Thomas Aquinas, and key Latin American liberation theologians, Bray deepens and constructively develops the Catholic understanding of social sin. She argues that the language of social sin presents us with an idea more theologically profound than just the identification of structural injustice; it depicts the power of collective human sinfulness to shape our lives and environments in ways which harm our relations with God, one another, and the rest of the created world.

About the Authors

Charlotte Bray is the Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Lincoln Theological Institute, University of Manchester, UK.

Ivor J. Davidson is Honorary Professor at the University of Aberdeen, UK. He was previously Professor of Theology at the University of Otago, New Zealand.

Philip G. Ziegler is Chair in Christian Dogmatics at the University of Aberdeen, UK.

John Webster (1955-2016) was one of the world's leading systematic theologians. His distinguished career saw him publish over 20 books and 100 major articles, solidifying himself as an expert on systematic theology as well as the works of Karl Barth and Eberhard Jüngel. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2005 and, along with Colin Gunton, he co-founded the International Journal of Theology. Ultimately, he rose through the ranks of academia to become the Chair of Divinity at University of St Andrews, UK.