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How good do we have to be? : a new understanding of guilt and forgiveness / Harold S. Kushner.
- Title
- How good do we have to be? : a new understanding of guilt and forgiveness / Harold S. Kushner.
- Author
- Kushner, Harold S.
- Publication
- Boston : Little, Brown & Co., c1996.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | BS1237 .K87 1996 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- ix, 181 p.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- The author offers a message about God's forgiveness and constancy, beginning with a reinterpretation of the biblical story of Adam and Eve, suggesting that it is not an account of people being punished for one mistake, but rather an example of people becoming fully aware of their humanity.
- Subject
- European Distance and E-Learning Network
- Bible. > Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Eden
- Good and evil
- Self-esteem > Religious aspects
- Perfection > Religious aspects
- Guilt > Religious aspects
- Forgiveness > Religious aspects
- Religious addiction > Controversial literature
- Religious addiction
- Self Concept
- Guilt
- Religion
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- God loves you anyway -- What really happened in the Garden of Eden? -- I thought I had to be perfect -- Fathers and sons, mothers and daughters -- Choose happiness over righteousness -- Cain and Abel: is there enough love to go around? -- Life after Eden -- How good do we have to be?
- ISBN
- 0316507415
- LCCN
- ^^^95025350^
- OCLC
- 33104720
- SCSB-10682503
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library