Forsaking the Fall

Daniel H. Spencer contends that the Fall and Original Sin are not necessarily central to traditional Christian belief. He builds his case through close readings of Scripture, systematic theology, and analytic philosophy.

The book surveys the main questions in the debate over Original Sin and gives readers conceptual tools for judging what the core of Christianity requires and how it relates to the doctrine of Original Sin. Spencer lays the groundwork for a nonlapsarian position that remains orthodox, and he puts forward an original theory of the Fall and Original Sin.

Written for scholars of theology and philosophy, especially analytic theologians and philosophers of religion.