James Bernard Murphy

Haunted by Paradise

Buch

The Bible today is weaponized by both liberals and conservatives, side cherry-picking their favorite verses. Have you ever wondered why the Bible lends itself to supporting contradictory positions in moral debates--why even the devil quotes Scripture? If so, you will enjoy this book. Haunted by Paradise reveals the unity and coherence of the Bible in the light of paradise. The Bible begins in Eden and ends in the new Jerusalem--in between, the Bible is haunted by the memory of paradise lost and the hope for paradise regained. With paradise as the interpretive key, Murphy unlocks biblical ethics. He shows that there is no Old Testament ethics… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-72526-906-4
EAN: 9781725269064
Produktnummer: 35688291
Verlag: Cascade Books
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Seitenangabe: 200 S.
Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.1 cm 298 g
Abbildungen: Paperback
Gewicht: 298

Über den Autor

James Bernard Murphy is Professor of Government at Dartmouth College, where he teaches political philosophy, jurisprudence, and ethics. Murphy's scholarly books include The Moral Economy of Labor (1993) and Your Whole Life: Beyond Childhood and Adulthood (2020). He has also written for a wider audience in his book How to Think Politically (with Graeme Garrard, 2019) and in essays for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post.