Unspeakable : facing up to evil in an age of genocide and terror / Os Guinness.
Unspeakable : facing up to evil in an age of genocide and terror / Os Guinness.
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Publisher
[San Francisco] : HarperSanFrancisco, c2005.
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N170/223
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Language
English
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Physical content
xiii, 242 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Preface : no stranger to evil -- Ch. 1. Evil and the examined life -- Ch. 2. Brief as a candle, fragile as an eggshell -- Ch. 3. What a game of chance life is -- Ch. 4. Our greatest enemy -- Ch. 5. Why me? -- Ch. 6. Where's God? -- Ch. 7. How can I stand it? -- Ch. 8. Ordinary people, extraordinary...
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Publisher
[San Francisco] : HarperSanFrancisco, c2005.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
California
Date Published
c2005.
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Summary
"Author and speaker Os Guinness confronts our inability to understand evil - let alone respond to it effectively - by providing both a lexicon and a strategy for finding a way forward. Since 9/11, much public discussion has centered on the destructiveness of extremist religion. Guinness argues that this is far from an accurate picture and too easy...
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Unspeakable : facing up to evil in an age of genocide and terror / Os Guinness.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-242).
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c2005.
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N170/223
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74VKPW2aqdJd
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ISBN
0060586362 (cloth)
9780060586362 (cloth)
DDC
170
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991019665289702626