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An American Augustinian: Sin and Salvation in the Dogmatic Theology of William G. T. Shedd is unavailable, but you can change that!

William Shedd��s theology is arguably one of the richest resources in the American Reformed tradition yet, strangely, it has not received the attention it deserves. Oliver Crisp takes a step towards filling the considerable gap. Shedd was a theologian unafraid to think for himself, even if his thinking meant he ended up with views that were not held by others with whom he had a natural affinity....

they can share the same property of original sin as Adam in virtue of sharing the same kind-nature as Adam. But they have different individual natures that distinguish one person from another (I am not you, although both you and I are human beings and both you and I are fallen human beings, because of Adam’s sin.) So this is a moderate version of Augustinian realism. Certain things Shedd says concerning the transmission of original sin sound like the common nature version of Augustinian realism,
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