Sin

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In Sin: Radical Evil in Soul and Society, Ted Peters boldly revisits the dark side of human nature and the perennial categories of sin that have been glossed over by our pluralistic culture. Using numerous illustrations from everyday life as well as the social sciences, Peters examines the kinds of evil — both personal and societal mdash; that we all confront on a daily basis. Writing with the goal to both educate and inspire, Peters offers serious theological reflection on sin in a popular style, provides an up-to-date examination of Satanism, and introduces a provocative new theory about how sin works in daily life. An illuminating guide for the educated reader, regardless of field or walk of life, this compelling book forces everyone to ask the question "Am I a sinner?" while it simultaneously provides the gentle and much-needed reminder that God's grace is available to all who answer in the affirmative. Lewis B. Smedes –Fuller Theological Seminary
"Ted Peters's superb study of radical evil, soaked to the skin in Bible and theology, proves the underworld of human iniquity like a plumber poking about for leaks in a crawl space. It peels the cover off the evil that poses as banality in American culture, resists smartly the fatal confusion of genetic destiny with free surrender to the evil one, and adds a book-size study of Satanism, anti-Satanism, and anti-anti-Satanism, being all the while as tough as a hanging judge on moral wimps who cover their sin with a patina of self-esteem. Peters's book tells us just about everything we need to know about the evil that so satanically bedevils both our cloaked souls and our naked society."
Douglas John Hall –McGill University
"Despite its awesome reality in public and private life, sin is a misunderstood and unpopular theme in North American churches and society today. Peters's book goes a long way toward correcting that situation. He writes forcefully and with an insider's awareness of the context he addresses. He rescues sin from its captivity by sex and puts it back where it belongs — at the center of our lives and at the heart of God's redeeming grace!" Professor of systematic theology at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary and the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California.

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