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100 1 $aJacobs, Alan,$d1958-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n98010287
245 10 $aOriginal sin :$ba cultural history /$cAlan Jacobs.
250 $a1st ed.
250 $a1st HarperCollins pbk. ed. 2009.
260 $aNew York :$bHarperOne,$c[2008], ©2008.
300 $axviii, 286 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 275-286).
505 0 $aSix stories -- The African bishop -- Some dreadful thing no doubt -- The feast of all souls -- A few words about the Devil -- The wicked, but not very -- More hateful than vipers -- New worlds -- The confraternity of the human type -- The two-headed calf -- In the genes.
520 $aEssayist and biographer Alan Jacobs introduces us to the world of original sin, which he describes as not only a profound idea but a necessary one. As G.K. Chesterton explains, "Only with original sin can we at once pity the beggar and distrust the king." Do we arrive in this world predisposed to evil? St. Augustine passionately argued that we do; his opponents thought the notion was an insult to a good God. Ever since Augustine, the church has taught the doctrine of original sin, which is the idea that we are not born innocent, but as babes we are corrupt, guilty, and worthy of condemnation. Thus started a debate that has raged for centuries and done much to shape Western civilization. Perhaps no Christian doctrine is more controversial; perhaps none is more consequential. Blaise Pascal claimed that "but for this mystery, the most incomprehensible of all, we remain incomprehensible to ourselves." Chesterton affirmed it as the only provable Christian doctrine. Modern scholars assail the idea as baleful and pernicious. But whether or not we believe in original sin, the idea has shaped our most fundamental institutions -- our political strucures, how we teach and raise our young, and, perhaps most pervasively of all, how we understand ourselves. In Original Sin, Alan Jacobs takes readers on a sweeping tour of the idea of original sin, its origins, its history, and its proponents and opponents. And he leaves us better prepared to answer one of the most important questions of all: Are we really, all of us, bad to the bone? - Jacket flap.
520 $aA cultural history of the idea that people are born with a predisposition to evil shares the stories of the philosophy's proponents and disclaimers, citing the contributions of such figures as St. Augustine, G.K. Chesterton, and Blaise Pascal.
520 1 $a"Alan Jacobs introduces us to the world of original sin, which he describes as not only a profound idea but a necessary one. Chesterton affirmed it as the only provable Christian doctrine. Modern scholars assail the idea as baleful and pernicious. In this book, Alan Jacobs takes readers on a tour of the idea of original sin, its origins, its history, and its proponents and opponents."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aSin, Original.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85122774
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856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0811/2008006582.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0910/2008006582-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0835/2008006582-d.html
856 42 $zAdditional Information at Google Books$uhttp://books.google.com/books?isbn=9780060783402
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0835/2008006582-d.html
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