Rethinking Sin and Evil in an Era of Scientific Promise

Rethinking Sin and Evil in an Era of Scientific Promise – A Book Study

Has the time come to rethink what sin and evil mean? The Acton
Congregational Church presents “Rethinking Sin and Evil in an Era of Scientific Promise,” a five-Sunday series offered 10-10:30am, April 15 – May 20 (no class May 6), in the church's Grimshaw Room. With the exception of Sunday morning, do we often dismiss sin and evil as irrelevant and antiquated? Is there tension between the modern world’s relativism and the reality of evil acts most readily exposed on a daily basis in our instant media culture? An American Theologian, Reinhold Niebuhr, took the initial step toward emancipating sin from a literal past and the notion that we sin because of one defining moment in history. Yet the task is left undone; for there is a world of evolution, genetics, and cyber space to take into account. How can this not be a lively discussion of a critically important topic?

About the leader: The Rev. Richard Coleman of Westford Mass., is an ordained minister in the UCC, author of five books (the last three looking at the dialogue between science and religion), and a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and Princeton Theological Seminary. Limited copies of Eden's Garden: Rethinking Sin are available at the church office for $18.00.

Please contact the church office at 978-263-2728 or office@actonc.org for more information.