Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction:The Study of Evil 1
5. Chapter one: A Preliminary Meditation on Oedipus and Adam 16
6. Chapter two: Evil and the Image of the Sacred 53
7. Chapter three: Love and Evil 106
8. Chapter four: Political Evil: Slavery and the Shame of Nature 143
9. Chapter five: Political Evil: Killing, Sacrifice, and the Image of God 174
10. Conclusion: Tragedy, Comedy, And The Banality Of Evil 211
11. Index 223