God is watching you : how the fear of God makes us human / Dominic Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Dominic (Professor of Biopolitics), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion--Philosophy.

Religion.

Fear of God.

Punishment--Religious aspects.

Punishment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

""And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die."" The biblical story of the flood crystalizes--in its terrifying, dramatic simplicity--the universally recognized concept of divine punishment. For millennia human civilizations have relied on such beliefs to create moral order. People who commit crimes or other bad deeds, we are told, will suffer retribution, while rewards--abstract or material--await those who do good. This simple but powerful idea has lon

Contents:

Why me?

Sticks and stones

Hammer of God

God is great

The problem of atheists

Guardian angels

Nations under God

God knows.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-026231-1

0-19-989564-3

OCLC:

919124591