Hamartiology

Abstract Sin, while often addressed at some level in most Pentecostal theologies – especially within Classical Pentecostalism – is often done so through a relatively nuanced approach. Meaning that, while light is shed upon the doctrine of sin, it is through a colored lens, one that has been predetermined by the nature of the primary topic under examination. The author hopes to initiate some remedy to this deficit by providing a more comprehensive look at the doctrine of sin, in and of itself, while simultaneously notating how Pentecostal soteriology, as a whole, might be benefited by such an endeavor. Utilizing a theological framework, borrowed from the work of Steve Land, this article seeks to investigate sin through the three-fold architectonic of understanding sin primarily as an objective, dispositional, and relational reality.