The Seven Deadly Sins: How to overcome life's most toxic habits

by Graham Tomlin

Publisher:

Lion Books

, 2014

Overview

”It’s naughty but nice." “I know I shouldn’t really, but it will be fun and won’t do any harm."

The idea of ‘sin’ today evokes smirks rather than shudders. We find it hard to see why our ancestors got so agitated about it: haven’t we got beyond such prudery?

By examining each of The Seven Deadly Sins in turn, Graham Tomlin restores sin to its proper place as something to be deeply feared. He shows how contemporary culture reverses traditional wisdom and finds each sin seductive in different ways. Tomlin demonstrates that these practices are destructive habits that ruin lives, relationships and societies. Finally, he shows how the Christian faith offers resources to help defeat these habits and replace them with more constructive ones.

Writing for all those interested in personal spirituality and philosophy, the author offers an accessible guide to wise living.

Product Details

• Title : The Seven Deadly Sins: How to overcome life's most toxic habits
• Author: Tomlin, Graham
• Publisher: Lion Books
• Publication Date: 2014
• ISBN: 9780745957951

About Graham Tomlin

Graham Tomlin (PhD, Exeter University) is principal of St. Mellitus College, London. He taught on Martin Luther and the Reformation in the theology faculty of the University of Oxford for eight years. He is the author, among many other publications, of The Power of the Cross: Theology and the Death of Christ in Paul, Luther and Pascal, The Provocative Church, Luther and His World and the Archbishop of Canterbury's Lent Book for 2014: Looking Through the Cross.