Facing the Evil Within: an Interview with John Sanford

By D. Patrick Miller

In this conversation with the late John Sanford, author, Jungian psychologist, and Episcopalian priest, the questions of evil within and without are examined with great care and insight.

• Language: English
• Publisher: D. Patrick Miller
• Release date: May 13, 2009
• ISBN: 9781452318660

D. Patrick Miller

Patrick D. Miller is Charles T. Haley Professor Emeritus of Old Testament Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey. He is the author of numerous books, including The Religion of Ancient Israel. He is coeditor of the Interpretation commentary series and the Westminster Bible Companion series. In 1998, he served as President of the Society of Biblical Literature. He was also editor of Theology Today for twenty years.

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Facing the Evil Within:

An interview with John Sanford

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D. Patrick Miller

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Ever since the tragedy of 9/11, America has seemed ever more convinced that all evil lies outside its borders, and only goodness within. In fact we initiated a war on Iraq predicated largely on that assumption — while most of the world looks askance on the US predilection for enforcing its notions of goodness far outside its borders. The ironies are plentiful: We threaten and attack other nations for harboring weapons of mass destruction while