The Prince of This World

The most enduring challenge to traditional monotheism is the problem of evil, which attempts to reconcile three...
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Author: Adam Kotsko
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The Prince of This World by Kotsko, Adam

The Prince of This World

Dhs. 155.19

The Prince of This World

Dhs. 155.19
Author: Adam Kotsko
Format: Paperback
Language: English

The most enduring challenge to traditional monotheism is the problem of evil, which attempts to reconcile three incompatible propositions: God is all-good, God is all-powerful, and evil happens. The Prince of This World traces the story of one of the most influential attempts to square this circle: the offloading of responsibility for evil onto one of God's rebellious creatures. In this striking reexamination, the devil's story is bitterly ironic, full of tragic reversals. He emerges as a theological symbol who helps oppressed communities cope with the trauma of unjust persecution, torture, and death at the hands of political authorities and eventually becomes a vehicle to justify oppression at the hands of Christian rulers. And he evolves alongside the biblical God, who at first presents himself as the liberator of the oppressed but ends up a cruel ruler who delights in the infliction of suffering on his friends and enemies alike. In other words, this is the story of how God becomes the devil--a devil who remains with us in our ostensibly secular age.



Author: Adam Kotsko
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 10/26/2016
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781503600201


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 02/01/2017 pg. 64
Choice 03/01/2017

About the Author
Adam Kotsko is Assistant Professor of Humanities at Shimer College in Chicago. His books include Why We Love Sociopaths (2012) and Politics of Redemption (2010).

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