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BL
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624837
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Mahn, Jason A.,1973-
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| Title & Author
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Fortunate fallibility : Kierkegaard and the power of sin /\ Jason A. Mahn.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Oxford University Press,, c2011.
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| Series Statement
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Reflection and theory in the study of religion series
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1 online resource (xiv, 265 p.)
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| ISBN
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9780199790753 (electronic bk.)
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: 0199790752 (electronic bk.)
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9780199790661
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0199790663
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Figuring a fortunate fall -- Felix fragilitas in the concept of anxiety -- Felix fallibilitas in the sickness unto death -- Felix offensatio in practice in Christianity -- Felicitas : between cross and resurrection -- Postscript : Christian para/orthodoxy : toward a postmodern hamartiology.
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| Abstract
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For more than 1500 years, the claim that Adam's Fall might be considered fortunate has been Christianity's most controversial and difficult idea. Jason Mahn's study examines Kierkegaard's para/orthodixical language of human fallibility and Christian sin.
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Kierkegaard, Søren,1813-1855.
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Sin-- Christianity.
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Fall of man.
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Fallibility.
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| LC Classification
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BT715.M262 2011eb
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