Part Two: How Pride Causes Slavery to Sin
In the two parts of this paper I explain how enslavement to sinful action occurs. In this explanation, critical use is made of the fact that pride is at the root of all sin. In Part One of the paper, I developed an account of pride as moral subjectivism and then explicate the concept of addiction, e...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publishing
2015
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Journal of spiritual formation & soul care
Year: 2015, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 75-89 |
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| Summary: | In the two parts of this paper I explain how enslavement to sinful action occurs. In this explanation, critical use is made of the fact that pride is at the root of all sin. In Part One of the paper, I developed an account of pride as moral subjectivism and then explicate the concept of addiction, especially its iatrogenic nature. Equipped with these two analyses, in Part Two of the paper I explain precisely how the aspect of moral subjectivism, inherent in all sinning, leads the sinner into bondage. Finally, I amplify the account by showing how this compulsive condition is further compounded through a three-stage confirmation of one's own will in and to sin (“hardening of the heart”). |
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| ISSN: | 2328-1030 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of spiritual formation & soul care
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/193979091500800105 |