{"product_id":"a-splendid-wickedness-and-other-essays-9780802872647","title":"A Splendid Wickedness and Other Essays","description":"\u003ci\u003eIncisive essays from a master wordsmith\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Why has Don Juan become so pass  of late? What'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'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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 -- often all at once. Hart'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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/29\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802872647\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 309\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"David Bentley Hart","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36643610820764,"sku":"9780802872647","price":33.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_58c1395f-4032-4b9a-b349-35ddd6be0161.jpg?v=1603856931","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-splendid-wickedness-and-other-essays-9780802872647","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}