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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... look at how women writers like Mary Shelley , Flannery O'Connor , Nel Noddings , and Marilyn McCord Adams have understood evil . Until the eighteenth - century Enlightenment , most Western writers on the topic of evil were Christians ...
... look to the Garden of Eden and many psychological expla- nations echo biblical views . The significance of the contributions each historical period made to the understanding of evil cannot be appreci- ated or evaluated without some ...
... , ange- los ( angel ) in Greek . Thanks to generations of artists , everyone knows what angels look like , but the Bible never once describes an angel . It does make it clear that they speak and act on Israel and Evil 15.
... look more deeply into the matter . The Christians adapted this notion . By the end of the first century , belief in an imminent end of the world had begun to wear thin . It had hardly disappeared , but many Christians wondered why it ...
... look like humans defeated giants named Titans . The first woman , Pandora , became the classical patriarchy's focus of blame for all that was wrong with the world . And just as the au- thor of the biblical book 1 Chronicles had ...
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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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