Perspectives on Evil and Human Wickedness

Table of Contents

Volume 1: No. 1


     
Forewords Rob Fisher & Salwa Ghaly
1

Section One
Perspectives from the Disciplines
     
Three Generations: Middle-Earth, A Galaxy Far Far Away, and Hogwarts Laurie Cubbison
5
     
The Origin of Evil: Classical or Judeo-Christian? Neil Forsyth
17
     
The Cruelty Beyond Cruelty: Deleuze and the Concept of Masochism Jones Irwin
51
     
Postmodern Evil: Overconsumption in Brett Easton Ellis' American Psycho (1991) Chris McMahon
61
     
The Destructive Power of Myth: A Revisionist View of the Extermination of the Pequots & Cathars William A Cook
81

Section Two:
Perspectives From.....the Creative Arts
     
Belzec, 1942 Roger Craik
105
Honduran Days Roger Craik
107

Section Three:
Perspectives From.....the Professions
     
Evil, Sin and Crime Roger Stokes
109
Forgiving Justice: An Exploration of Spirituality within Criminal Justice Tim Newell
117

Section Four:
Perspectives From.....Media Reviews
     
Gattaca Peter Day
137
Event Horizon
Fiona Gibson & Peter Day
141
Lord of the Rings
Stephen Morris
145
Gormenghast
Stephen Morris
147
Bless the Child Paul Davies
159
Web Genocide Documentation Centre Rob Fisher
153
Blake's Illustrations of the Book of Job Rob Fisher
154

Section Five:
Perspectives From.....Book Reviews

     
Evil and Christian Ethics, by Gordon Graham Susan Robbins
159
The Many Faces of Evil: Historical Perspectives, by Amelie Oksenberg Rorty Susan Robbins
161

Country of My Skull, by Antjie Krog

Diana Medlicott
163
"Faith and Knowledge: The Two Sources of Religion at the Limits of Reason Alone" in Religion, edited by Vattimo & Derrida Jones Irwin
165
Atomised, by Michel Houellebecq Jones Irwin
169

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