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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... Devil's Last Stand 102 Chapter 9 : Rationalizing Evil 119 Chapter 10 : The Attack on Christianity 133 Chapter 11 : Dissident Voices 145 Chapter 12 : Human Evil in the Nineteenth Century 154 Chapter 13 : Science , Evil , and Original Sin ...
... devil were crucial to this book . Thanks also to Annette Kmitch of The Liturgical Press , who did the copy editing , and especially to TLP editorial director Mark Twomey for his interest and support not just of this book but of my other ...
... devil , a minor figure in Judaism but a major one in traditional Christianity . Believers understand the devil to be a super- natural being who does evil to humans , but who can only act with the permission of God . Although belief in ...
... Devil , 17 ) . We will abbreviate this thoughtful observation to " the deliberate imposition of suffering by a human being upon another sentient being . " " Deliberate " means that the person committing the evil deed knows what she or ...
... devil in English . [ The word " devil " has nothing to do with the word " evil . " It is simply the English form of a Greek word . ] The Greeks also introduced to the Jews the word daimon , or demon in English . The word has a long ...
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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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