SUBJECT INDEX
Abel, 184
Abolition of Man, The, 9
Abraham, 102, 123, 175, 178, 186
Absalom, 61
absolute
standards, 16,20,21,22,24,26,
27,28,29,30,31,64,69,85,
116,117
truth, 26
Adam, 55,57,62,66
addiction, 153
aesthetics, 57
Agrippa. See Herod Agrippa.
alcoholism, 153
Ambrose, 76
anthropomorphism, 76, 81
Aquinas, Thomas, 70
Aristotle, 56
aspiration, 146-47
atheism, 38, 72,105,165
Augustine of Hippo, 76,119
awesome, 14,71, 172
Aztecs, 173
Barna, George, 137
Barnette, Henlee, 16
beautiful, 10, 13, 14, 17, 18,23,24,
55-57,66
beauty, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19,23,26,27,
31,66,67,68,69,71,72,73,85,87~
109
Beauty and the Beast, 69
Bennett, Willis, 144
Beowulf, 137
Bible, 26, 27, 28, 29, 34, 37, 39, 55, 56,
76,83,84,90,102,104,108,133,
135,147,156,162,163,167,181,
187
bigotry, 83, 101
bod~ 133-35, 155, 172, 179, 188
Bogart, Humphrey, 154
Book of Common Prayer, The, 106
Bosnia, 78
Bosom of Abraham, 178
Buddha, 80,119,121
Buddhism, 34, 39, 42, 43,133,144,155
Cain, 37,178,184
Canaanites, 96
Captain Hook, 97
certainty, 63
chaos theory, 63
Baby Boomers, 118
Baby Busters, 118
bad, 22, 23, 31,49, 50, 55, 59,69, 85,
96,110,117,135,136,154,155,
159, 165
195
196
character, 135-36, 169
Charles I, 46
Cheers, 138-43, 146-48
chemistry, 156
choice, 136
Christian Witness in a Postmodern
World, 9
Christianity, 33, 39, 41, 64, 76,123,
144,173
Citizen Kane, 118
classical age, 14
cleansing, 182
Clinton, Bill, 153
collective experience, 21
commandments, 80
communication, 160-63, 165
comparison, 24, 40, 84, 87,146
Confessions, 119
confusion, 144
conscience, 181
continuum, 25, 26,29, 31,40
conviction, 47-48,52, 134, 136,
138-39, 143-47, 162
corruption, 29,41,101,147,153
Cosby Show, The, 146-47
counterculture, 23, 37
covenant, 43-46, 180-81, 182
new, 46-47, 88, 91, 175
creation, 73, 79, 88, 92, 124, 126, 133,
143,155,161,171,179
Creator, 41, 42, 103
Crusades, 39
Cuban missile crisis, 78
cultural
conditioning, 36
preference, 18
value, 19,67,86
culture, 14, 18, 19,20,21,22,26,33,
36,43,62,99,102,124,128,138,
144,146,163,171
cynicism, 62
Da Vinci Code, The, 110
Daniel, 84
SUBJECT INDEX
Dark Ages, 97
darkness, 29, 31, 67, 95-112,143,
149,163,169,178,185,187
David, 40, 59, 61, 124, 178
David Copperfield, 137
deceit, 15,23,43,51,68,83,97,121,
158
deceive, 160
deconstructionism, 36
Dementors,101
Demosthenes, 56, 62
depression, 101-2
Depression, the, 118
desire, 59, 60, 61, 80,111,119-22,
130, 152-58, 164, 183
despair, 101-2, 112, 186-87
Devil, 155, 158
Dickens, Charles, 137
Dilbert,50
dirty, 84, 105, 106
Disney, Walt, 154
Donald Duck, 154-55
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan, 98, 106
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, 35
Druidism, 96, 173
dualism, 96
Dumbo,68
Edgar Allan Poe Museum, 28. See also
Poe, Edgar Allan.
Einstein, Albert, 24, 30
Elijah, 84, 88
Elisha, 88
emotion, 136, 142, 145, 155, 169
enlightened, 185
Enlightenment, 64, 97,163
Enron Corporation, 62
error, 97
Essenes,46
Eve, 55, 57, 62,66, 163
evil, 20, 21, 23,29, 35, 36, 37,41,43,
59,62,92,96-99,101,105,106,
133,148,149,151,152,157,158,
163, 185
SUBJECT INDEX
problem of, 9,12,14,22,31,159,
176
evolution, 80
existentialism, 119, 120, 143, 148
Eyre, Jane, 98
Ezekiel, 84, 89
facts, 62, 65
falsity, 9, 23, 92
Falstaff, 137
fame, 79
fantasy, 101, 120
fault lines, 79
fear, 105, 109, 110, 119, 136, 142, 184
feelings, 59, 60, 91,100,101,115,118,
120-23, 127, 136, 137, 161, 181
Felix, 186, 187
fire, 83-85
Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 118
flaws, 79, 122, 136, 137, 143, 169
Fletcher, Joseph, 16
forgiveness, 179, 180, 185-86, 187,
188
frailty, 34, 93, 98, 101, 145, 172
free will, 29
freedom, 179, 182, 187
Freud, Sigmund, 69
Friends, 147
Frodo Baggins, 149
Frog in the Kettle, The, 137
fruit of the Spirit, Ill, 189
fulfillment, 120,122
futility, 142, 187
Future Shock, 137
Gadarene demoniac, 141, 169
Genesis, 133, 156
Gen-X, 118
Germany, 78, 98
Gibson, Mel, 119
glory, 40, 41,51,71,72,75-80,84,
86-88,92-93,106,108,112,129,
130,139-43,145,155,158,161,
166, 187, 189
197
God,15,22,28,29,30,33,34,37,38,
39,41,42,45,46,49-51,54,56,
57,58,59,66,68,69,71,75-76,
79,80-85,88,90,91,101,102,
104,105,106,107,108,109,110,
111,117,119,124,126,130,133,
137,139,140,148,149,154,159,
162,167,168,169,171,172,173,
178,179,186,187,188
Goliath, 61,178
"good, the;' 10,27,55-57
goodness, 14, 15,23,26,28,31,35,
40,41,58,59,60,61,69,72,73,76,
85,87,117
Goofy,154-55
gospel, 145, 148, 159, 163, 173, 184, 188
gossip, 79, 86
Greenstreet, Sydney, 154
grief, 117-18, 129
guilt, 32,47,48,52, 136, 144, 161,
174,181,188
Hammurabi,43
Harry Potter, 36, 97,101,149
heart, 37, 40,58,59,61,89,98,101,
105,106,110-11,127,134,185
heaven, 42, 43,49, 109, 182,189
hedonism, 16
hell,48-49, 117, 178, 189
Hemingway, Ernest, 118
Herod Agrippa, 187
heroism, 15,23
Hicks, Bryant, 139
Hinduism, 34, 39, 42,155
Hitler, Adolf, 9, 40, 51,163
holiness, 29, 30, 61, 71, 72, 80-84,
88-89,92-93,108,172,179
Holy Spirit, 47, 52, 66, 71, 83, 87,
88-93,109-12,129,136,138,145,
146,147,148,149,157,159,175,
179,181,184,186,189
Homer, 137
hope, 97, 110,142,144,145, 156, 157,
186-87
SUBJECT INDEX
198
Hound of the Baskervilles, The, 98
Hugo, Victor, 68
Hunchback of Notre Dame, The, 68
human nature, 34, 37, 42, 46,79,93,
101,156,168
ideal, 27, 28
identity, 120-21, 130
ideology, 16
ignorance, 97, 100
Iliad, The, 137
image of God, 29, 34, 37,38,40,93,
112,155,158,160
imagination, 100-2, 166
incarnation, 129
Incas, 173
incompetence, 161
information, 62, 146
injustice, 116
Inquisition, 39
intellectual, 135-36, 139, 144
Internet, 63
Isaac, 102
Isaiah, 71, 80, 83-84,183
Islam, 34, 39, 41, 43, 63-65
Jacob, 102
James, 59,157-58
Japan, 144
Jehovah's Witnesses, 43
Jeremiah, 45, 90
Jesus, 29, 30, 34, 39, 41, 47,50,51,52,
59,65,66,71,83,86,87,88,90,91,
92,101,106,108,109,110,112,
123-24,127,129-30,138,139,
142,143,145,146,147,156,157,
158,159,164,165,169,172,173,
174,175,178,180,181,182,184,
187,188,189
Jew, 123, 140
Jewish, 128, 140
Iezebel, 178
Job, 39, 117
John, 66, 84,92, 102-3, 105,108, 166
John, Gospel of, 65, 66, 104
Jonah, 168
jo~ 109, 124, 125, 130, 148
Judaism, 39,41
judgment, 22, 23, 24,28,29,31,49,
58,104,106,146,147,151,173
the last, 28, 48-49, 83, 105, 176
Julius Caesar, 173
justice, 21, 31, 45,116
justification, 179, 180
Keller, Helen, 69
knowledge, 97,136
Laden, Osama bin, 20, 23, 51
Law of Moses, 24, 27, 38, 46, 51-52,
65,89,90,102,128,174,175,182
legalism, 65, 75, 86, 87,169
Lewis, C. So,9, 26no 3, 28no 6, 37no 3,
51,69-70,80,95,119
lies, 97
life, 135
light, 30, 46, 54, 71, 82, 95-110,112,
163,169,185
speed of, 24, 63
loneliness, 140
longing, 80, 119, 121-23, 147
Lord of the Rings, The, 97, 99,122,149
loss, 116-18, 123, 124, 125, 127, 129
lostness, 115-30, 138, 186
love, 14, 15,31,34,61,110,117,122,
124,130,139-42,146,149,158,
175,184
Luther, Martin, 108
McCullough, David, 36
McNamara, Robert So,78
Malachi, 85
Maltese Falcon, The, 154
Malvo, Edward Lee, 36
Malvoleo,137
marriage, 81,125,145,147,156
materialism, 15,33,34,80,121
meaning, 102, 120, 126
SUBJECT INDEX
medieval age, 14
Mega-Trends, 137
mental construct, 17,22,69,70
Mere Christianity, 9, 26n. 3, 37n. 3
Micah,61
Micawber, 137
Middle Ages, 26, 48,70, 155
Milton, John, 70
mind, Ill, 112, 169
Mishnah,24
modern age, 14, 15, 16,62,80,86
Mohammed, John, 36
moral law, 148
morality, 58
Mormons, 43
Morris, Errol, 78
Moses,30,44,45,71,75-77,84,87,
88,162,166,174,178
motives, 101
Muslims, 123
mystery, 81, 85
myth,99
natural selection, 15
natural theology, 166
naturalism, 21, 33, 34
Nazi, 78, 128, 163
neo-classsical, 17
neo-Gothic, 17
Nero, 182
Nicodemus, 88-90,175,186
Odyssey, The, 137
Otto, Rudolf, 82,162
Out of the Silent Planet, 51
pain, 21,40, 59, 117-18, 129, 148, 183
Paradise, 178
Paradise Lost, 69
Passion, 155
Passion of the Christ, The, 119
Paul, 37, 38,72,86-87,102,105,
109-11,112,121,135,158,159,
165,175,176,180,182,186,187
199
Pavlov, 59
perspective, 40, 41, 48, 72, 96, 98,109,
110,117,130,145
Cultural, 65
God's, 58
Peter, 142, 144, 165, 167, 168, 172,
184
Peter Pan, 97
Phantom of the Opera, The, 99
philosophical problem, 14, 15, 19,
21,26
physics, 24, 104, 156
Pirates of the Caribbean, 117
Place of the Lion, The, 28n. 6
Plato, 27, 28, 55-56, 133
Poe, Edgar Allan, 117, 153
Poe, Katie, 153
Poe, Mary Anne, 66
Poe, Mary Ellen, 19, 151
Poe, Rebecca, 60
poetry, 40, 96, 117, 162
point of view, 20, 24
point of reference, 23, 24, 31, 97
pollution, 144-45, 182
Pontius Pilate, 37, 65
popular culture, 33, 63, 71, 75, 97,
138
postmodernity, 14, 15, 18,36,62,70,
146, 148, 165
power, 36, 78, 79, 96,110,124,141,
149,157,158,160,163,169,184,
185
pragmatism, 16,36,58
prayer, 164, 172, 179, 188
"Preface to Paradise Lost, A;' 69
preference,22,23,60,105
cultural, 24
personal, 19,20,23,26
philosophical, 24
prejudice, 101
Puckett, Bud and Minnie, 19
Puritans, 46
purpose, 115,117, 120, 123, 126,130,
146
SUBJECT INDEX
200
quantum theory, 63
ransomed,183
Rasputin, 99
reason, 136, 155
reconciliation, 141, 177, 184-85
redemption, 180-81, 183
regeneration, 48, 185
reincarnation, 42
relationship, 42, 44,51-52,61,80,81,
101,108,112,121,122,123,125,
126,130,134,143,146,148,155,
156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 165,
171,175,177,186,189
relativism, 16, 18,20,22,23,24,35,
43,51,65,85,117,134
relativity, 24, 31, 96
repentance, 72, 112
Republic, The, 27n. 5
resurrection, 110, 169, 179, 187
revelation, 83, 134, 162, 163, 166
Revolutionary War, 129
rich fool, 141
rich young ruler, 141, 169
right, 9, 36,43,50-51,59,92,122,148
righteousness, 29, 50-52, 61, 85,
146-47,149,159,172,182,185
Rwanda, 78
sacrifice, 83,173-74,181
salvation, 179-80, 182, 184-89
Samaritan woman, 90,140,148,169
Samson, 20
sanctification, 93, 189
Sarah,123
Sauron, Lord, 97
Satan, 69, 108, 138, 158, 172,178, 181
Saul,61
Sawyer, Diane, 119
Schleiermacher, Friedrich, 82
self, 155
September 11,2001,20,21,22,31,
62,64
Sex in the City, 147
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Shakespeare, William, 112
shame, 144, 161
Sherlock Holmes, 106
Shinto, 144
Siegfried, 137
sin,36,37,40,41,42,43,44,46,47,
48,50-52,75,84,86-87,101,112,
134, 136, 138-39, 142, 144-49,
157,159,161,165,175,176,178,
179,183,185,186,187,189
sinful nature, 156-157, 176, 187
situation(al) ethics, 16,26,35
Situation Ethics: The New Morality, 16
slavery, 39,108,180,181
Smart, Elizabeth, 59
Snoopy, 98
social implications of sin, 152
social sciences, 156
Socrates, 27
Solomon,60,61,141
soul, 133, 155-56
Southern Seminary, 16,66
spirit, 66, 89, 133-36, 155
spirit of the age, 16
spiritual experience, 82-83, 96, 138,
144, 148, 162
spirituality, 33, 34
stain, 144, 182
Stalin, Joseph, 79
standard, 23, 24, 29, 30, 31, 40, 43,51,
61,62,63,65,67,68,73,146,147,
163
objective, 24
Star Wars, 98
Stein, Gertrude, 118
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 35
styles, 17, 18
substitutionary death, 78, 176, 183
suffering, 21, 40, 80,116-18,129,
148, 178
Sun Also Rises, The, 118
Surprised by Joy, 119
Talmud,24
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SUBJECT INDEX
Tao, 158
temptation, 152-54, 157, 163, 172,
179
Ten Commandments, 43-44
Tender Is the Night, 118
Terah,123
terrorism, 9, 13,20,22,62
Timaeus, 27n. 5
Timothy, 11
Titus, 175
Tolkien, J. R. R., 28n. 6, 97,122
torn, 154, 155, 184
tradition, 24, 64
transgression, 40, 41, 44, 47, 51, 144,
183, 187
translation, 47,103
treachery, 15,31
Trinity, 92, 159
true, the, 10,55-57,62,67
truth, 14, 15,23,26,27,30,31,41,58,
62,63,65,66,68,69,72,73,92,97,
101,106,112,158,159,160,185
°
ugliness, 23, 67
"Ugly Duckling;' 67, 68
unintended consequences, law of, 35
universal absolute, 20
utility, 58
v~ue,22,23,25,26,28,29,31,33,43,
54,58,59,73,84,85,99,146,153
absolute, 20, 26, 30, 31,62, 70,95
comparative, 25, 26n. 3
judgment, 9,68, 97
relative, 26, 95-96
system, 67
201
ultimate, 58
universal, 26, 28, 29
vanity, 60, 83,130,141,146
vengeance, 101
vice, 155
Vietnam War, 78
Virtue, 58, 59, 70,111,155
Voldemort, 36, 97
Walter Mitty, 120
water, 88-91,148
Webster, Daniel, 48
will, 135, 161, 165,169,172
Williams, Charles, 28n. 6
wind, 89
Winnie-the-Pooh,126-27
wisdom, 97,101
wonder, 19
World War 1,77,118
World War 11,78,115,118,128
World Wide Web, the, 63, 122
Worldcom, 62
worldview, 33
worse, 25
wrong, 9, 20, 21, 22, 23, 36, 37, 43, 48,
59,65,92,101,122,148,151,154
yin and yang, 96, 158
Zacchaeus, 140, 186
Zoroastrianism, 96, 158
We live in a culture confused about sin. In the prevailing spirit
of toLerance and religious pLuraLism, all beliefs must receive
equal weight-that
is, unless such beliefs result in "obvious"
evil like terrorist attacks on innocent people, inhumane treatment of prisoners, or defrauding stockhoLders of their rightful
earnmgs.
In a culture that scorns absolutes, yet apparently reserves the
right to have them, how do we effectively communicate the
reality of sin and the good news of the gospel?
Harry Lee Poe suggests that we must understand sin as more
than a violation of God's laws. It is also a breaking of the relationship between God and people that results in an ever
widening gulf between the two. Salvation through Jesus
restores a relationship with God, closes the distance, and
enables people to understand God as goodness itself-and
reflect His goodness in the world.
"Harry Pee is one of the preeminent world view
in America today. A first-rate scholar, he has
one of the most difficult subjects-how
to deal
that we can see before our eyes in a relativistic
which denies such a thing exists."
-Charles
thinkers
tackled
with evil
age
W Colson
Harry Lee Poe (Ph.D., The Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary) is the Charles Colson Professor of Faith and Cu Iture
at Union University in Jackson, Tenn. Focusing on how the
gospel speaks to the ultimate issues of culture, Poe has written
or cowritten seven books, including Designer Universe, The Gospel
and Its Meaning, and Science and Faith. He also serves as the program director of the C. S. Lewis Summer Institute and as president of the Academy for Evangelism in Theological Education.