Date of Award
Summer 6-17-2014
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Department
Religious Studies
First Advisor
Louis A. Ruprecht, Jr.
Abstract
This reception history of “original sin” displays how the theological conception developed as an idea throughout Western Christianity. This paper performs a critical and in-depth reading of the creation story from Genesis 3 and provides six thematic questions that are discussed through the various interpretations of four major thinkers: Augustine of Hippo, Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther, and Friedrich Nietzsche. These four thinkers show how “original sin” has never been as established or canonical within Western Christianity as many have characterized it.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/5700808
Recommended Citation
Rivenbark, Grace A., "From Death to Depravity: How "Missing the Mark" Became "Original Sin"." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2014.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/5700808