The Prince of This World

by Adam Kotsko

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1503600203
• ISBN13: 9781503600201
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.4"