The Hope for Healing Human Evil: A Study of People of the Lie

verena: A classic book, written way before the current narcissists epidemic

Germany on Dec 01, 2023

akroban: Haven't finished the book yet. Kind of hard to get into it

United States on Nov 13, 2023

Trudy Rothman: I read this book 15 years ago and again now. My understanding has changed so much , so reading it for the 2nd time felt like it was the first . Such a good book . Written with such wisdom , love and understanding.

United States on Sep 27, 2023

Bryan J. Treacy: I have recommended this book for many years. I lend it out and don't get it back so I direct them here to purchase their own copy. It will be amaze you how common evil lurks in people that may be around you every day. Filled with examples, Dr. Peck explains why certain behaviors that you may take for granted in someone's personality, really are evil. This book will open your eyes to how common that behavior really is in the everyday world around you.

United States on Aug 15, 2023

Luna: Dr. Peck continues his reputation of bringing attention to an ever present problem, this time the issue is evil. He walks us through the cases that required him to consider the problem of evil, walks us through the religious traditions that flesh out the concept of evil, then walks us through the impact of evil on an individual then the group context. He challenges his readers to be an influence in the fight against corporate evil. Even though Dr Peck is now decreased his message has never been more needed.

United States on Jul 29, 2023

Rodney Henchliffe: I've actually heard people say that The People of The Lie is an "enjoyable read," or, an "interesting" book. What the dang? No!!!! They are wrong. If you have actually encountered human evil then this book is both traumatising and remarkable, as well as enlightening. Hence it has remained an international best seller any writer would only dream of aspiring to. It is not a book you read; it is a book you personally relate your experience to in order to understand the gravity of what Peck is talking about. Having known human evil I have encountered in Africa and Great Britain, I criticize sections of the book for being too fleeting or less in depth at times. That said, it enlightens us also. This is a book that pushes our understanding of human evil which, personally, we can never truly account for in terms of actual origin. What Peck knows is that human evil exists, I know this having known and worked with human evil myself (I know that Peck had actual knowledge of evil attended to in this remarkable book). This is a great achievement indeed. It forms part of my own research into human evil, at the heart of this book, and I've only read half so far, is the concept of evil linked...

United Kingdom on Jul 24, 2023

Mrs K Thorburn: The book was purchased for my husband but he said he is really enjoying the book a great read

United Kingdom on Jul 17, 2023

Colleen McIntosh: Really enjoyed reading this book and it’s subject matter. Well written, thought provoking and I enjoyed reading it very much. If you are interested in the subject matter, you’ll enjoy this book! Definitely, recommend it!

Canada on Jul 04, 2023

Carroll Busher: If you can imagine the cross as symbolizing both the breadth and depth of the human experience and God’s full awareness and presence in each of these dimensions you can see this work as being a human effort to present a corollary explanation of a specific human tendency that has damaging effects at both the individual and societal level. That tendency is to Lie.

In this work this well-established author of the “Road Less Travelled” takes the reader both panoramically and microscopically into the regions of the human heart where we are shown the reality of self-deceit.

This deceit is exposed in the case studies of the author (A Harvard trained psychiatrist) as being a product of the psychiatrically sick individual unwilling to abide the call of conscience. To do so would demand exposing the patient’s ego to the shame of recognition and acknowledgement of their own self-deceit; At the heart of this is the sin of pride. These are the People of the Lie. And the fruit of their deceit is damage not to just themselves but as often as not to others subject to them and their sickness.

In its worst manifestation the author reveals something much, much deeper....

United States on May 10, 2023

MR D P PERCY: I have often encountered people who project their faults onto others, causing much chaos and pain. This book helps greatly in putting this scapegoating behaviour into a deeper spiritual context, supported by Peck’s professional experience as a psychologist.

France on May 29, 2021