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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... actually doing good and that humans do not understand what he is doing . It says simply and clearly that he makes weal and creates woe . He acknowledges that both light and darkness , good and evil come forth from him . Supporting this ...
... 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 , and John Milton ...
... actually finish the book thinking that noth- ing had really changed , that Job certainly suffered but God made it up to him and even gave him more . Yet between the prologue ( chs . 1-2 ) and the ending ( ch . 42 ) the author has ...
... actually got a war between the Sons of Light and the Sons of Darkness when the Jews revolted against the Romans in 66 C.E. But the revolt failed ; the Sons of Darkness triumphed over the Sons of Light . Yet even defeat did not stop ...
... actually talking about demons . The Stoic philosopher Epictetus had wondered how a good God could allow evil , and Plato had spoken about immortality and even reincarnation . The Greek gods combined positive and negative qualities ...
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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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