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A SPLENDID WICKEDNESS AND OTHER ESSAYS IBD

EERDMANS
06 / 2016
9780802872647
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Sinopsis

Incisive essays from a master wordsmith á Why has Don Juan become so passé of late? What&rsquo,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&rsquo,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? á 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 &mdash, often all at once. Hart&rsquo,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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