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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... influence was much stronger than is often thought . The Garden of Eden myth provided the basis for the Christian view of original sin , while the book of Job remains the Bible's most commanding 6 The Problem of Evil in the Western ...
... Garden of Eden . In the fifth century C.E. an African Christian named Augustine used that Hebrew myth to create a wide - ranging and influential theory on the origin of evil . In the eight- eenth century French Enlightenment thinkers ...
... 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 this identification ...
... Garden of Eden was not the great drama of good and evil . 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 ...
... 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 . The new emphasis on the ...
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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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