History of Sin: Its Evolution to Today and Beyond Book

I had been doing a "study" of sin for a class I'm enrolled in. Therefore, I had to read it quickly and in a more disconnected way than I usually do.

That said, this is the first book I read (not that I am a scholar!) that discusses what acts might or might not be sins, as opposed to what is the concept or definition of sin. That is, it put some "stuff" into the structure. Also, what made the discussion thoughtful and thought-provoking is that the author argues that some acts previously classified sinful --- for example, masturbation, at least in Roman Catholicism --- should no longer be so classified. At the same time, he argues that there are peculiarly modern species of sin --- for example, harm to the environment, sexual harassment, spousal/child abuse, fulfilling one's potential (in the sense of working oneself up to the status of diva), etc.