A scholarly history of how Christian teachings on sin and damnation forged Western guilt culture from the 13th to 18th centuries.
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A scholarly history of how Christian teachings on sin and damnation forged Western guilt culture from the 13th to 18th centuries.
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On the dust jacket of "Sin and Fear" is a detail of the Bosch painting in which men and women in their baptismal suits are disporting themselves about a garden of earthly delights. Whether the ladies and gentlemen are enjoying lust, or just a bit of artistic luck, is not quite clear, but it does serve as an appropriate introduction to sin and fear and guilt, at least in the 15th Century.
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Theological discussion of lust as sin; no romantic or sexual scenes
Violence & gore
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Hell torments, macabre imagery, war horrors, and doctrines of pain
Profanity
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No profanity present
Substance use
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No substance use depicted
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQIA representation depicted
Religious content
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Core focus on Christian sin, guilt, damnation, penance, and pastoral fear
Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic or witchcraft present
Occult / demonology
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Historical treatment of demons, hell, and diabolical fears in Christianity
Political content
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Analyzes elites spreading monastic pessimism and a pastoral of fear
Self-harm / suicide
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Themes of religious self-loathing, scruples, and spiritual despair
Abuse & suffering
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War calamities and religiously induced fear, guilt, and suffering
Other
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