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Sedm hlavních hříchů stanovila křesťanská tradice podle učení svatého Řehoře Velikého. Nazývají se hlavní, jelikož plodí jiné hříchy, příbuzné neřesti. Jestliže v dřívější době církev stavěla hřích až příliš do centra pozornosti, dnes býváme svědky opačné tendence: Zmínka o něm bývá často hodnocena jako moralizování. Graham Tomlin v sobě spojuje dobrého teologa a člověka "s nohama na zemi", vnímavého pozorovatele dnešních forem lidské hříšnosti. Poutavě zkoumá původ a význam sedmi hlavních hříchů rpo dnešního člověka a nabízí také praktické podněty, jak v našem každodenním životě proti těmto hříchům bojovat. Píše promyšleným a zároveň srozumitelným způsobem, který zaujme čtenáře širokého spektra a speciálně ty, kdo sami duchovně formují druhé nebo se na tuto službu připravují.

143 pages, Paperback

First published April 28, 2007

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Graham Tomlin

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Graham Tomlin (Ph.D., Exeter University) is dean of St. Mellitus College, London. He taught on Martin Luther and the Reformation in the theology faculty of the University of Oxford for eight years. He is the author, among many other publications, of The Power of the Cross: Theology and the Death of Christ in Paul, Luther and Pascal and Luther and His World.

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July 25, 2019
Tomlin does an excellent job of both defending the need to isolate specific sinful attitudes and then expounding the toxicity of each one. He is careful to finish each chapter with some practical steps to overcome them. There are numerous references to other writers and illustrations from life. At the back of the book the keys points are helpfully tabulated.

If there is one weakness, it is that the book does not have sense of passion for the positive virtues. 'Good behaviour' seems merely to counteract the sins. (I also don't believe that the cover of the second edition is any improvement on the more abstract first edition's.)
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333 reviews10 followers
May 2, 2019
This book covers a lot of information on each of the seven deadly sins. I read an excerpt each day and learned a lot through those days that I read. I only gave four stars because it is a dry read but other than that good information.
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136 reviews8 followers
September 18, 2017
A good book. Easy to digest. This book talk about just the same dilemma we have nowadays be it in Muslim's community or Christian's or any religion. It applies to every one of us.
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September 26, 2025
Fortunately I’m not prejudiced against religious writings. Thankfully the suggested antidote to each sin includes practical action an agnostic can employ.
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