People Are No Damn Good: A Pastor’s Struggle with Ethics and Morality
Ebook
Overview
Over thirty-five years in the classroom and pulpit will give a person some perspective about homo ethicus--the ethical human being. In this intentionally non-academic contribution to the moral pursuit, Jimmy Watson offers personal anecdotes and reflections, sardonic wit, sarcastic humor, and most importantly, a wide array of information and laser-beam insights into his chosen field of study. He invites the reader to think deeply about the complexities and ambiguities of human nature and the discernment of good and evil from both secular and religious perspectives and encourages all of us to become the best damn people we can possibly be.
“Kierkegaard claimed that at decisive historical junctures, God
raises up irritant messengers-gadflies to tell the church its
witness in the world has become fundamentally flawed. With both
grit and grace, snarky-ness and sublimity, Jimmy Watson’s People
Are No Damn Good is affirmation that Pogo was right: we’ve seen
the enemy, and it is us. Once we own this truth, the pathway to
redemption and forgiveness is ours to travel.”
—Thom Webster, retired Associate Conference Minister, United Church
of Christ
“How often can you say you will ROFL your way through a book on
ethics, then actually want to end up being a better person? With
hilarious storytelling, unrelenting self-ridicule, and incisive
intellect, Pastor Jimmy Watson lays bare the world as it is, while
making us love it into what it may yet become with our faith and
attention.”
—Molly Baskette, author of How to Begin When Your World Is
Ending
“Jimmy Watson has given us laypersons an invaluable guide to
exploring the perplexing problem of evil. He acts as our learned
and amiable docent, dispensing wisdom, originality, and witty bon
mots to punctuate his discussion of ‘evilology,’ drawing on
insights from Scripture, philosophers, ethicists, genetics, and
identity politics. . . . A thought-provoking and
pleasurable read. Highly recommended.”
—Robert B. Pettit, Manchester University, Indiana,
emeritus
- Title: People Are No Damn Good: A Pastor’s Struggle with Ethics and Morality
- Author: Jimmy R. Watson
- Publisher: Resource Publications
- Print Publication Date: 2022
- Logos Release Date: 2022
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781666796292, 9781666796285, 9781666737158, 1666796298, 1666737151, 166679628X
- Resource ID: LLS:9781666796292
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-12-11T03:27:29Z