Pride The Seven Deadly Sins

Name: Pride The Seven Deadly Sins
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ISBN: 9780195312102

ISBN-10: 0195312104

ISBN-13: 9780195312102

Edition: 2007

Authors: Michael Eric Dyson

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Of the seven deadly sins, pride is the only one with a virtuous side. It is certainly a good thing to have pride in one's country, in one's community, in oneself. But when taken too far, as Michael Eric Dyson shows in Pride, these virtues become deadly sins. Dyson, named by Ebony magazine as one of the 100 most influential African Americans, here looks at the many dimensions of pride. Ranging from Augustine and Aquinas, MacIntyre and Hauerwas, to Niebuhr and King, Dyson offers a thoughtful, multifaceted look at this "virtuous vice." He probes the philosophical and theological roots of pride in examining its transformation in Western culture. Dyson discusses how black pride keeps blacks…

Book details

List price: $14.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/23/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 6.89" wide x 4.88" long x 0.31" tall
Weight: 0.352
Language: English



Editor's Note


Preface


Introduction: Enduring Pride



The Virtuous Vice? Philosophical and Religious Roots of Pride



I Witness: Personal Pride



Hubris and Hue: White Pride



I Am Somebody: Black Pride



My Country Right or Wrong? National Pride


Notes


Index