People Are No Damn Good
A Pastor’s Struggle with Ethics and Morality
- Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
- Publisher: Resource Publications (Wipf and Stock)
- Published: 2022
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Publisher's Description
Over thirty-five years in the classroom and pulpit will give a person some perspective about homo ethicus--the ethical human being. In this intentionally non-academic contribution to the moral pursuit, Jimmy Watson offers personal anecdotes and reflections, sardonic wit, sarcastic humor, and most importantly, a wide array of information and laser-beam insights into his chosen field of study. He invites the reader to think deeply about the complexities and ambiguities of human nature and the discernment of good and evil from both secular and religious perspectives and encourages all of us to become the best damn people we can possibly be.
Endorsements (3)
“Kierkegaard claimed that at decisive historical junctures, God raises up irritant messengers-gadflies to tell the church its witness in the world has become fundamentally flawed. With both grit and grace, snarky-ness and sublimity, Jimmy Watson’s People Are No Damn Good is affirmation that Pogo was right: we’ve seen the enemy, and it is us. Once we own this truth, the pathway to redemption and forgiveness is ours to travel.”
“How often can you say you will ROFL your way through a book on ethics, then actually want to end up being a better person? With hilarious storytelling, unrelenting self-ridicule, and incisive intellect, Pastor Jimmy Watson lays bare the world as it is, while making us love it into what it may yet become with our faith and attention.”
“Jimmy Watson has given us laypersons an invaluable guide to exploring the perplexing problem of evil. He acts as our learned and amiable docent, dispensing wisdom, originality, and witty bon mots to punctuate his discussion of ‘evilology,’ drawing on insights from Scripture, philosophers, ethicists, genetics, and identity politics. . . . A thought-provoking and pleasurable read. Highly recommended.”
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