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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... woman could harm his spouse by infidelity ; a woman who would never hit her children could harm them with cutting remarks . And too many of us im- pose suffering upon ourselves without realizing what we are doing . The phrase " another ...
... woman ) had to be por- trayed as evil . [ In the better - known tales of Eve and Pandora , the world was perfect until women were created and introduced evil into it . ] The Babylonians and other ancient Near Eastern peoples did not ...
... woman who had sheltered and protected two of Joshua's spies . Amid great slaughter , the army followed the com- mand to the letter . The inhabitants of Jericho were unclean and thus undeserving of the Lord's mercy . After the ...
... woman , a true sign of chaos to the ancient patriarchal mind . For the ancient Israelites , the Garden of Eden was not the great drama of good and evil . Adam appears in only one other place in the Hebrew Bible , in the opening verse of ...
... woman sin had its beginning , / and because of her we all die " ( 25:24 ) . The first - century B.C.E. book of Wisdom did not repeat Sirach's misogynism , but the author still alluded to the Garden of Eden : " But through the devil's ...
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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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