Description
Write 3 pages. Answer #1: On original sin from “For Reflection and Further Study” (pp. 143-5). In your answer, include the following:
- Material on Genesis 1 and 2 from pages 135-7.
- Partnership as the goal of creation — God’s providential plan (see the definition of providence on page 145 under question #2).
- Original sin as competition with God.
- The nature of evil in relationship to the goodness of creation.
- The final question on page 145 — How do we continue to have faith in God and the goodness of creation?
Book reference:
McCarthy, D. M., Donohue, J. M., & Mattison, W. C. (2018). Moral vision: Seeing the world with love and justice. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company