How can Christians communicate the meaning of the atonement in a society which has little sense of 'sin' left?

How can Christians communicate the meaning of the
atonement in a society which has little sense of 'sin' left?

'Sin doesn?t really exist as a serious idea in modern life,' wrote the
journalist Bryan Appleyard. He is not alone in his views. 'Sin' has
become just as tainted, polluted and defiled in the postmodern
mind as the word itself indicates.


Atonement for a 'Sinless' Society is about an encounter between
two stories: the story of the postmodern, post-industrialized, post-
Christian 'sinless' self and the story of Atonement played out in
the Passion narrative. Alan Mann charts a way through the
apparent impasse between a story that supposedly
relies on sin and guilt to become meaningful, and
one that fails to recognize the plight of humanity as
portrayed in this way.


Drawing on cultural commentators, narrative therapists and
contemporary theologians, Alan Mann shows that the biblical
narrative needs to be re-read in the light of this emerging story so
that it can speak meaningfully and sufficiently to an increasingly
'sinless' society.