The Problem of Evil in the Western Tradition: From the Book of Job to Modern GeneticsLiturgical Press, 2002 - 245 Seiten The question of evil presents a profound challenge to humanity--why do we do what we know to be wrong? This is especially a challenge to religious believers. Why doesn't an all-good and omnipotent God step in and put an end to evil? The Problem of Evil in the Western Tradition examines how Western thinkers have dealt with the problem of evil, starting in ancient Israel and tracing the question through post-biblical Judaism, Early Christianity (especially in Africa), the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Reformation, the Enlightenment, and to the twenty-first century when science has raised new and important issues. Joseph Kelly covers the book of Job, the book of Revelation, Augustine of Hippo, Aquinas, Luther, Marlow, Milton, Voltaire, Hume, Mary Shelley, Darwin, Jung, Flannery O'Connor, Karl Rahner, Teilhard de Chardin, and modern geneticists. Chapters are "Some Perspectives on Evil," "Israel and Evil," "The New Adam," "Out of Africa," "The Broken Cosmos," "The Middle Ages," "Decline and Reform of Humanism," "The Devil's Last Stand," "Rationalizing Evil," "The Attack on Christianity," "Dissident Voices," "Human Evil in the Nineteenth Century," "Science, Evil, and Original Sin," "Modern Literary Approaches to Evil," "Some Scientific Theories of Evil," and "Modern Religious Approaches to Evil." Joseph F. Kelly, Ph.D., is professor of religious studies at John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio. He is the author of The World of the Early Christians, published by The Liturgical Press. |
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... Adam 29 Chapter 4 : Out of Africa 40 Chapter 5 : The Broken Cosmos 51 Chapter 6 : The Middle Ages 62 Chapter 7 : Decline and Reform and Humanism 87 Chapter 8 : The Devil's Last Stand 102 Chapter 9 : Rationalizing Evil 119 Chapter 10 ...
... Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden ? Actually , no , although some later Jewish authors made this claim ( Sol 2:24 ) and so did the Christian au- thor of the book of Revelation ( 12 : 9 ; 20 : 2 ) . Later Christian authors made much of ...
... Adam appears in only one other place in the Hebrew Bible , in the opening verse of 1 Chronicles which lists him as the first an- cestor of Abraham ; Eve literally appears nowhere else . Their story was a creation myth with the ...
... ( Adam is not mentioned ) , the earliest identification of the Eden serpent with the devil . The Book of Jubilees , written between 160 and 140 B.C.E. , elaborates upon the books of Genesis and Exodus , and it has many of the same themes ...
... Adam and Eve leave the Garden of Eden , the animals , who up to that time were able to speak , lost that ability . The first par- ents ' disobedience cut them off from God and nature , and it also cut off the animals from one another ...
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The Broken Cosmos | 51 |
The Middle Ages | 62 |
Decline and Reform and Humanism | 87 |
The Devils Last Stand | 102 |
Human Evil in the Nineteenth Century | 154 |
Science Evil and Original Sin | 172 |
Modern Literary Approaches to Evil | 188 |
Some Scientific Theories of Evil | 200 |
Modern Religious Approaches to Evil | 213 |
Epilogue | 230 |
A Personal Reflection | 233 |
Select Bibliography | 235 |
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