{"product_id":"born-bad-by-james-boyce","title":"Born Bad by James Boyce","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘A brilliant and exhilarating work of popular scholarship’ —\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBorn Bad\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e traces a fascinating journey from Adam and Eve all the way to Adam Smith and Richard Dawkins in this sweeping story of a controversial idea and its remarkable influence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAccording to the doctrine of original sin, humans are born bad and only God's grace can bring salvation. In this captivating book, acclaimed historian James Boyce shows how these ideas have shaped the Western view of human nature right up to the present. The legacy of original sin takes many forms, including the distinctive discontent of Western people – the feelings of guilt and inadequacy associated not with doing wrong, but with being wrong.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs well as an innovative history of Christianity, Boyce offers new insights into the making of the West.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat is wrong with me\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e? This question has haunted the West for fifteen hundred years, but until recently it came with an answer – which was called original sin. Western people believed they were “born bad” because they had inherited the sin of the first humans.’ —James Boyce\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJames Boyce is a multi-award-winning historian. His first book, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eVan Diemen’s Land\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, was described by Richard Flanagan as ‘the most significant colonial history since \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Fatal Shore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’. He is also the editor of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eInga Clendinnen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLosing Streak\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eImperial Mud\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e1835\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which was \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Age’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003es 2012 Book of the Year, and, most recently, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOrigins: The Making of Australia, 1788–1825\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Black Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45828003299463,"sku":"9781760646509","price":32.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0313\/7211\/6103\/files\/BornBad_online.jpg?v=1789015788","url":"https:\/\/shop.schwartzbooks.com.au\/products\/born-bad-by-james-boyce","provider":"Schwartz Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}