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Adam Kotsko - The Prince of This World - 9780804799683 - V9780804799683
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The Prince of This World

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Description for The Prince of This World Hardcover. Calling upon us to rethink some of our most treasured contemporary values, this book shows where the Christian idea of the devil came fromand how it eventually took over Christian theology, turning God himself into the devil. " Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.

The most enduring challenge to traditional monotheism is the problem of evil, which attempts to reconcile three incompatible propositions: God is all-good, God is all-powerful, and evil happens. The Prince of This World traces the story of one of the most influential attempts to square this circle: the offloading of responsibility for evil onto one of God's rebellious creatures. In this striking reexamination, the devil's story is bitterly ironic, full of tragic reversals. He emerges as a theological symbol who helps oppressed communities cope with the trauma of unjust persecution, torture, and death at the hands of political authorities and ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804799683
SKU
V9780804799683
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50

About Adam Kotsko
Adam Kotsko is Assistant Professor of Humanities at Shimer College in Chicago. His books include Why We Love Sociopaths (2012) and Politics of Redemption (2010)."

Reviews for The Prince of This World
"A substantial contribution to recent studies of the figure of the devil in Christian theology. Adam Kotsko goes beyond the biography of an icon to a provocative investigation of the devil's many lives and effects in cultural and political ideologies. Not only that, his book is a great read."—Laurel C. Schneider, Vanderbilt University "This diabolically gripping genealogy offers a stunning ... Read more

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