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