John Portmann

Autor de In Defense of Sin

9 Obras 171 Miembros 2 Reseñas

Sobre El Autor

John Portmann is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia. He studied philosophy at Yale and Cambridge Universities. He is the author of When Bad Things Happen to Other People (2000), Sex and Heaven (2003), and A History of Sin (2007).

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In Defense of Sin (2001) 70 copias

When Bad Things Happen to Other People (1999) 60 copias

A History of Sin: How Evil Changes, But Never Goes Away (2007) 10 copias

Sex and Heaven: Catholics in Bed and at Prayer (2003) 8 copias

Bad for Us. The Lure of Self-Harm. (2004) 7 copias

A history of sin : its evolution to today and beyond 4 copias

Catholic Culture in the USA: In and Out of Church (2009) 4 copias

The Ethics of Sex and Alzheimer's (2013) 4 copias

Women and Gay Men in the Postwar Period (2016) 4 copias

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Nombre canónico: Portmann, John
Nombre legal: Portmann, John Edward
Otros nombres: Portmann, John E.
Fecha de nacimiento: 1963
Género: male
Nacionalidad: USA
Educación: University of Virginia (PhD)
University of Cambridge (MPhil)
Yale College (BA)
Ocupaciones: scholar of religion
academic
Organizaciones: University of Virginia (PhD|1995)

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In Defense of Sin por John Portmann

received as a gift, didn't find its discussions very compelling

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EhEh | otra reseña | Apr 3, 2013 |

In Defense of Sin por John Portmann

Who would ever think a book about sin could be tedious? Especially when it compiles such brilliant minds as Oscar Wilde. Yes, in fact, the editor managed to find the most tedious thing he could of Oscar Wilde's, probably so he didn't spoil the whole tenor of the book. I plugged forward, thinking surely in a book of this nature, with the wonderful minds he had assembled, the tedium was only temporary; alas, I was mistaken, and wasted a few good hours of my life. I don't imagine too many people come through this book with any better philosophical concept of why sin might not be so terrible than when they started. Ho hum. Don't waste your time.… (más)