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Splendid Wickedness and Other Essays
Contributor(s): Hart, David Bentley (Author)
ISBN: 0802872646     ISBN-13: 9780802872647
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
OUR PRICE:   $32.85  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: June 2016
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BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Essays
- Religion | Christian Theology - General
Dewey: 230
LCCN: 2016003796
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.90 lbs) 309 pages
Themes:
- Religious Orientation - Christian
 
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Incisive essays from a master wordsmith

Why has Don Juan become so passé of late? What's the trouble with Ayn Rand? How did the Doge of Venice come to venerate the counterfeit remains of Siddhartha Gautama? Why does the Bentley family's collection of ancestral relics include a bronzed human thumb? And what, exactly, is the story behind Great Uncle Aloysius, who was born a Quaker but died a pagan?

This collection of occasional essays brings us David Bentley Hart at his finest: startlingly clear and deliciously abstruse, coolly wise and burningly witty, fresh and timeless, mystical and concrete -- often all at once. Hart's incisive blend of philosophy, moral theology, and cultural criticism, together with his flair for both the well-told story and the well-turned phrase, is sure to delight.

Contributor Bio(s): Hart, David Bentley: - David Bentley Hart is a philosopher, theologian, writer, and cultural commentator who has taught at the University of Virginia, Duke University, and Providence College.