Interfaith Conversation: Can Aristotle’s Ideas on Akrasia Shed Light on the Account of Original Sin in Gen 3:1-6?

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2023-02-20

Country: United Kingdom
City: Oxford
The session will focus on several psychological implications of the account of original sin in Gen 3:1-6 applying some ideas employed by Aristotle in his description of akrasia. In particular, the concept of ēthos to study the original inner harmony of human nature, and that of prohairesis to discuss the possibility of sin and the nature of the temptation leading to original sin. Revd Dr Dancho Azagra, Chaplain of Grandpont House, Oxford, UK, will be in conversation with Professor Syed Atif Rizwan, Assistant Professor of Islamic and Interreligious Studies, and Director of the Catholic-Muslim Studies Program at Catholic Theological Union, USA, and Senior Fellow of the Oxford Interfaith Forum.