But how, in a society that retains its Judeo-Christian moral reflexes but has abandoned the corresponding metaphysics, can a credible means of discharging the weight of sin be found?
The question comes late in "The Moral Economy of Guilt" in the May 2011 issue of First Things, but drives Wilfred M. McClay's explanation of the present ascendance of the cult of victimhood in our culture today. More basically, McClay provides an accessible and powerful cultural rationale for seeking expiation of sins in the Cross of Christ.
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