Orthodox theology rejects the way Niebuhr altered the traditional concept of original sin from a historical incident to an existential experience. (religion-online.org)
David Instone - Brewer explains why Christians should ditch Augustine's concept of original sin More (premierchristianity.com)
Instead, they went through theological contortions to stress and promote their preferred concepts of original sin and messianic redemption, and to fit literal interpretations of scriptures that were in large part allegorical. (redeeminggod.com)