The Other Side of Sin: Woundedness from the Perspective of the Sinned-Against

by Andrew Sung Park (Editor), Susan L. Nelson (Series Editor)

The good news of Jesus Christ is for both sinners and the sinned-against. For the past two thousand years, Christian theologians have focused on the experience of sinners, but treated their victims inadequately. To counterbalance this perspective, a diverse group of Christian scholars consider sin "from the other side." To make sense of Christianity from this standpoint, they offer a more complex and comprehensive analysis of human participation in evil and its reconciliation than the simple formula of sin and repentance. The Other Side of Sin is an original, fresh, and exciting adventure into one of the most needed areas of theological thinking.

Genres: Theology

205 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

Andrew Sung Park is a Korean American Methodist theologian. Park teaches at United Theological Seminary in Trotwood, Ohio. He specializes in systematic theology, global theology, cross-cultural theology, Asian American liberation theology, Christian mysticism, and the relationship between religion and science. He has expanded the theology of emotional pain by exploring the Korean concept of han.

Park was born in South Korea. His family emigrated from South Korea to the United States in 1973. He lives in Beavercreek, Ohio with his wife Jane Myong, and has two children, Amos Park and Thomas Park.

In 1973, Park received a B.A. at Methodist Theological Seminary. At Iliff School of Theology in 1978, he received M.Div.. Then he attended Claremont School of Theology and obtained a M.A. in 1981. Park finally received a Ph.D. at Graduate Theological Union in 1985; his dissertation there discussed minjung theology. He would go on to join United Theological Seminary in Ohio in 1992.

Reviews

[Karla Renee Goforth Abreu · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book, edited by Andrew Sung Park, is a compilation of articles and essays dealing with the disenfranchised, poor, oppressed, and marginalized and the Church. While there are helpful insights and observations, the presentation and tone of many of the authors is extremely negative towards the Church. Many of the essays embrace a radical Liberation Theology and that is presented in such a railing manner towards the Church (all of the ills of the world, almost), that it alienates the reader that is involved with traditional Christianity rather than encourage the Church to embrace practical ideas to change the status quo.
I was looking forward to something more akin to Park's book on the concept of han, and I was disappointed. I do not regret the time spent reading, as always to open one's self up to new ideas is beneficial.

[Stas · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved it for its ridiculous title.