In Defense of Sin Author:John Portmann (Editor) Intriguing and occasionally unsettling, In Defense of Sin is a refreshingly frank exploration of some real facts of life. Portmann gathers an on-target collection of great writers' reflections on transgressions both large and small. Readers can devour defenses for promiscuity, greed, deceit, gossip, lust, breaking the golden rule, a... more »nd more -- and use this unusual guide to decide if sin has a place in this contemporary, and virtually unshockable, society.
Provocative and illuminating, this book may change how people think about sin, morality, and what's right.« less