Do No Harm : Social Sin and Christian

Examines the downside of the catergory of social sin. Especially in theologians use of destructive stereotypes that keep Christians from realizing and engaging in the social evils of our time -- racism and anti-semitism.

Stephen G. Ray, Jr. is Assistant Professor of Theology and Philosophy at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky.

Preface

ix

Introduction

xiii

The Sins of Sin-Talk

1

(36)

The Character of Sin--Talk

1

(6)

Stone Her! Sin--Talk and the Drama of the Welfare Queen

7

(5)

Deadly Consequences: Sin--Talk, Sexual Orientation, and AIDS

12

(3)

Resisting Dangerous Assumptions

15

(6)

Mind Pictures: Paying Attention to Discursive Realities

21

(4)

Definitely Not the Way It's Supposed to Be!

25

(8)

Summary

33

(4)

Created by God, Constructed by Sin: Niebuhr's Dilemma

37

(38)

The Contours of Niebuhr's Problem

38

(4)

The Heart of the Problem: Incongruent Descriptions of Sin

42

(2)

Signifying the Negro

44

(26)

Differentiation from the Feminist Critique

70

(2)

Summary

72

(3)

Difference as Defilement: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Jewish Question

75

(22)

The Church and the Jewish Question: A Limited Response

76

(2)

The Mechanics of Utopia

78

(4)

Misreading Culture

82

(10)

The Multivalence of Difference

92

(3)

Summary

95

(2)

Wisdom from the Tradition: A Recovery of the Reformers' Discourse of Sin

97

(24)

A Distinctly Protestant Dilemma

97

(5)

Augustine's Doctrine of Sin

102

(6)

The Principle of Participation

108

(6)

How Can a Crooked Man Know That He Is Bent?

114

(4)

Summary

118

(3)

Redeeming Sin-Talk

121

(16)

Rules of Engagement: Constructive Approaches to Sin--Talk

129

(5)

The Final Statement: Do No Harm!

134

(3)

Notes

137

(24)

Selected Bibliography

161

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Do No Harm : Social Sin and Christian Responsibility

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