CONTENTS

 
   

Preface

 

7

   

I. Humanism Versus Orthodoxy

 

13

         

PART I: MAN, THE RELIGIOUS ANIMAL

 
   

II. Good and Evil: Everybody’s Problem

 

21

   

III. Human Freedom: To the Greeks, Foolishness

 

29

   

IV. Homo Religiosus

 

39

   

V. The Hallmark of Idolatry: A Hard Heart

 

45

             

PART II: PARTIAL ECLIPSE OF THE BIBLICAL UNDERSTANDING OF SIN

 
             
   

VI. Sin Misconceived as Breaking Rules

 

61

   

VII. Sin Misconceived as Intrinsic to Human Nature

 

68

   

VIII. St. Augustine’s Achievements and Mistakes

 

85

   

IX. Augustine and Pelagius: Brothers under the Skin

 

101

         

PART III: VALIDATION OF THE BIBLICAL UNDERSTANDING OF SIN

         
   

X. Augustine’s Intentions Fulfilled

 

123

   

XI. Pelagius’s Intentions Fulfilled

 

137

   

XII. The Worship of Reason

 

146

   

XIII. Graven Images in Modern Dress

 

162

   

XIV. The Hidden Gods of Cynicism

 

173

   

XV. Hearts of Flesh

 

183

         
         
   

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