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The Prince of This World

[Paperback]

by Adam Kotsko

    • Author

      Adam Kotsko

    • Book Format

      Paperback / softback

    • Publisher

      Stanford University Press

    • Published

      October 2016

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      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 helped 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 devila devil who remains with us in our ostensibly secular age. "

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      • Author

        Adam Kotsko

      • Book Format

        Paperback / softback

      • Publisher

        Stanford University Press

      • Published

        October 2016

      • Weight

        318g

      • Page Count

        224

      • Dimensions

        140 x 214 x 21 mm

      • ISBN

        9781503600201

      • ISBN-10

        1503600203

      • Eden Code

        4456490

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      • Author/Creator: Adam Kotsko

      • ISBN: 9781503600201

      • Publisher: Stanford University Press

      • Release Date: October 2016

      • Weight: 318g

      • Dimensions: 140 x 214 x 21 mm

      • Eden Code: 4456490


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