Conservative religion talks a lot about sin. It’s labeled as vice, failure or even evil—something needing to be fixed, not to be touched! So we often dismiss these shrill tones as primitive or immature speculations about human nature. Prof. Mullinax will tempt us to listen again to sin-talk as a crucial guide to where we need to journey in our spiritual lives. Sin places the exact question we need to answer at that time and place. If we do not befriend our shadow-sides, we become the poorer for the neglect. Come and let’s rehabilitate sin!

Marc, an ordained Baptist minister, is a Professor of Philosophy & Religion at Mars Hill College. He recently completed an extended visit to South Korea.