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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... Original Sin 172 Chapter 14 : Modern Literary Approaches to Evil 188 Chapter 15 : Some Scientific Theories of Evil 200 Chapter 16 : Modern Religious Approaches to Evil 213 Epilogue 230 A Personal Reflection 233 Select Bibliography 235 ...
... original languages , and a full bibliography . To pro- duce such a study of theories of evil would have meant a multi - volume effort . I am primarily an undergraduate teacher , and one who does a great deal of adult education . In fact ...
... original sources and to relevant secondary sources . There are a few cases where I made my own translation of a foreign text ( French , German , Latin ) , but in general I cite translations . It is my hope that the bibliography will aid ...
... 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 Tradition.
... original sin , and even the apoca- lyptic writers did not elaborate upon the Garden of Eden , but the story which interested so few writers of the Hebrew Bible was gaining promi- nence in second - century B.C.E. Jewish circles and would ...
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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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