Sin and evil : moral values in literature /

The confusion of sin and evil, or religious and moral transgression, is the subject of Ronald Paulson's latest book. He calls attention to the important distinction between sin and Evil that in our times is largely ignored, and to the further confusion caused by the term 'moral values'...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Principal: Paulson, Ronald, 1930-2024
Formato: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2007.
Acceso en liña:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=192285
Table of Contents:
  • Evil, sin, and wrongdoing
  • Classical and Christian equivalents of sin and evil
  • Sin and evil redefined: the enlightenment
  • Sin/evil and the law: the novel
  • The demonizing of sin
  • Demonic and banal evil
  • The original evil and the original sin
  • Modern sin and evil.