sin
Let an agent explain concepts of sin across religious and moral traditions with attribution, describe categories and practices of confession and atonement, present philosophical and secular perspectives, and avoid endorsing or judging beliefs.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain concepts of sin across religious and moral traditions with attribution, describe categories and practices of confession and atonement, present philosophical and secular perspectives, and avoid endorsing or judging beliefs.
An act, thought or state regarded in a religious or moral tradition as a transgression against divine law, sacred order or moral duty, understood variously across traditions: as offence against God in the Abrahamic religions with categories such as mortal and venial sin and lists such as the seven deadly sins, as aparadha or offence in Indian traditions, and in other frameworks; concepts of sin shape ethics, ritual, confession and atonement, and are described here with attribution to the traditions that hold them.
What it is for: Religious and moral concepts of transgression.
It can be explain concepts with attribution; describe categories and practices; present other perspectives; avoid endorsement or judgement.
Distinguishing features
Religious framing
Tradition-specific
Categories and lists
Atonement practices
What it looks like
Not physical; a religious and moral concept.
How it is recognised
Transgression against divine or moral law
Tradition-specific categories
Crime is legal; guilt is a feeling or legal finding
Related models
is a kind of - category
is related to - moral frameworks
is related to - the divine in Abrahamic conceptions
is related to - a related concept of prohibition
In practice
Families and kinds
sin in Judaism
sin in Christianity including mortal and venial categories
sin in Islam
offence and karma in Indian traditions
moral transgression in secular ethics
Standards and regulation
Religious law and teaching by tradition
No civil regulation of the concept
Content policies on respectful treatment of religion
Failure modes and hazards
Presenting one tradition as universal
Judging individuals or groups as sinful
Confusing sin with crime
Also called
+6
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.sin-act
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand Concepts of sin.
Attribution.
Traditions
Across traditions.
Traditions
Traditions.
- How do Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and other traditions understand sin or transgression, in their own terms? provenance
- Is the presentation attributed and free of endorsement or judgement? boundary
Categories
Categories and lists.
Categories
Categories.
- What are categories such as mortal and venial sin and lists such as the seven deadly sins, and how do traditions use them? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific tradition? action
Practice Confession and atonement.
Religious practice.
Atonement
Atonement practices.
Atonement
Atonement.
- How do traditions practise confession, repentance, atonement and forgiveness? provenance
- Is the user seeking personal spiritual guidance, which belongs with their community? boundary
Ethics
Sin and ethics.
Ethics
Ethics.
- How do religious ethics relate sin to virtue, conscience and law? provenance
- Which entry fits morality? action
Perspectives Other perspectives.
Attribution.
Philosophy
Philosophical views.
Philosophy
Philosophy.
- How have philosophers and secular ethicists analysed the concept of sin, with positions attributed? provenance
- Which entry fits moral philosophy? action
Psychology
Psychological perspectives.
Psychology
Psychology.
- What do psychologists say about guilt, shame and religious concepts of sin? provenance
- Is someone in distress, needing support? boundary
Learn History and culture.
Education.
History
History.
History
History.
- How have concepts of sin developed historically, according to historians of religion? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Culture
In art and literature.
Culture
Culture.
- How is sin represented in art, literature and popular culture? provenance
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should each tradition have a separate entry?
- How should scriptural sources be linked?
- How should secular perspectives be represented?