Richard Holloway

Between The Monster And The Saint (eBook, ePUB)

Reflections on the Human Condition

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Being human isn't easy. We might think that consciousness and free will give us control over our lives. But our minds are dangerous and unpredictable places. We are susceptible to forces we don't understand. We are capable of inflicting immense cruelty on one another, and yet we also have the capacity to be tender. To empathise, to feel. Why?

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. August 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781847673978
• Artikelnr.: 38454537

Autorenporträt

One of the most outspoken and best-loved figures in the modern church, Richard Holloway recently stood down as the Bishop of Edinburgh but remains Gresham Professor of Divinity in the City of London and a Fellow of the Royal Society. He has written for many newspapers in Britain including The Times, Guardian, Sunday Herald and the Scotsman and has presented his own series on BBC Television.

Rezensionen

A vigorously argued tract...Richard Holloway brilliantly illuminates the divided spirit of man. Mary Warnock Observer 20080831