From this point of view original sin might more accurately be described as social sin or, in biblical terms, the sin of the world. (religion-online.org)
Groups, too, are threatened by collective insecurity and commit social sin by striving to become collectively self - sufficient and self - important. (religion-online.org)
Niebuhr's analysis of social sin in Moral Man and Immoral Society prepares us for the concept in liberation theology of «systemic evil.» (religion-online.org)