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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... Satan . Although the ancient Israelites practiced monotheism , they did not picture God as being alone . Several biblical passages ( 1 Kings 19 ; Psalm 82 ; Job 1 ) portray him as surrounded by a divine assembly of the heav- enly beings ...
... satan , since we normally think Satan was a proper name . Not originally . The Hebrew word satan means an adversary or accuser , and , like a prosecutor , he accuses humans of sins against God . Several times the word has a verb form ...
... Satan had apparently gained enough inde- pendence that the Chronicler could simply attribute such an act to him without having him act on God's behalf . In the book of Zechariah , Satan acts rightly although mistakenly in accusing the ...
... Satan now disappears from the story . The author of Job does not present Satan as an evil being but as one of the sons of God who can act only with divine permission . Yet Satan still emerges as more than just the divine servant . God ...
... Satan's challenge . All God really had to do was tell Satan that he was wrong and that would be the end of the matter . But the folklore setting meets an important goal of the author . It enabled the traditionalist to read an account ...
Inhalt
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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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