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Seven Perennial Sins and Their Offspring
Ken Bazyn
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Description for Seven Perennial Sins and Their Offspring
Hardcover. 8vo . Very good clean copy. Religion
The seven "deadly sins" are not to be found in scripture as such, but they have been a staple of Christian preaching since the early church. Ken Bazyn's book is more indebted to literature than to personal experience, ethics, or contemporary psychology. Drawing upon reading from a wide variety of disciplines, Bazyn offers a "thick description" of each of these "root" sins, setting them in a broad temporal, cultural, and human context. The references range from Madame Bovary to Evagrius Ponticus, Jay Gatsby to Pascal, Francois Truffaut to Francis of Assisi, testifying to the perennial nature of the temptation to ... Read more
The seven "deadly sins" are not to be found in scripture as such, but they have been a staple of Christian preaching since the early church. Ken Bazyn's book is more indebted to literature than to personal experience, ethics, or contemporary psychology. Drawing upon reading from a wide variety of disciplines, Bazyn offers a "thick description" of each of these "root" sins, setting them in a broad temporal, cultural, and human context. The references range from Madame Bovary to Evagrius Ponticus, Jay Gatsby to Pascal, Francois Truffaut to Francis of Assisi, testifying to the perennial nature of the temptation to ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780826414373
SKU
KEX0281659
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Ken Bazyn
Ken Bazyn is Editorial Director of the Religious Book Club. He has edited two anthologies. The Best of Paul Tournier and You and Your. He has also published over 80 articles in periodicals such as Commonweal and Dialog.
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