A Splendid Wickedness and Other Essays
David Bentley Hart
ISBN: | 9780802872647 |
Publisher: | William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company |
Published: | 15 June, 2016 |
Format: | Paperback |
Language: | English |
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A Splendid Wickedness and Other Essays
David Bentley Hart
"Incisive essays from a master wordsmith" Why has Don Juan become so passe 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. "
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