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New Title! The Seven Deadly Sins Sampler

Book Sheds New Light on the Ancient Concept of Sin

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Chicago, IL—Why does it often feel good to do something bad? In a world where we are encouraged to indulge, splurge, live a little—even visit “Sin City”—has the ancient religious concept of sin lost its sway over the moral imagination?

The Seven Deadly Sins Sampler, a new collection of stories published by the Great Books Foundation, allows readers to peer into the hidden recesses of sinful thought and behavior. Without moralizing, the authors in this book—Margaret Atwood, Raymond Carver, Flannery O’Connor, and D. H. Lawrence, to name a few—use fiction to explore our all too human thirst for transgressive pleasure.

For readers who know that good and evil isn’t simply a matter of black and white, this collection will provoke lively conversation and sober contemplation. The Seven Deadly Sins Sampler comes with questions for discussion, a foreword by philosopher Al Gini—author of The Importance of Being Lazy and Why It’s Hard to Be Good—and seven original illustrations by award-winning artist Lisa Haney.

Read the table of contents or purchase The Seven Deadly Sins Sampler.