Ejournal - Volume 1 Number 1

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