Sin, Death, and the Devil

Edited by Carl E. Braaten and Robert W. Jenson and published by Eerdmans in 1999. Its eight contributors take up sin, death and the devil, the 'unholy trinity' of Martin Luther and the biblical tyrants over humanity, starting from John Paul II's description of Western society as a 'culture of death'. They argue that these powers take new forms under modern conditions, as when politics becomes demonic or sin is disguised as virtue, and affirm God's victory over them through the proclamation of the gospel and the sacraments.