The Problem of Evil in the Western Tradition: From the Book of Job to Modern GeneticsEvil presents a profound and eternal challenge to humanity - why do we do what we know to be wrong? Why does not an all-good and omnipotent God step in and put an end to evil? The Problem of Evil looks at people's efforts to deal with evil, starting with ancient Israel and moving through the great figures of the Western tradition to the twenty-first century. |
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The problem of evil in the Western tradition: from the Book of Job to modern genetics
Gebruikersrecensie - Not Available - Book VerdictKelly (religious studies, John Carroll Univ.; The Concise Dictionary of Early Christianity) provides a "good run around the bases": a view of the problem of evil in a range of Western religious and ... Volledige review lezen
Inhoudsopgave
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| 8 | |
The New Adam | 29 |
Out of Africa | 40 |
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 |
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Populaire passages
Pagina 15 - Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your doings from before my eyes; cease to do evil, learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; defend the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Pagina 11 - In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth. the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep. while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters. Then God said. "Let there be light"; and there was light.
Pagina 13 - And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah, and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.
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Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | The Problem of Evil in the Western Tradition: From the Book of Job to Modern Genetics A Michael Glazier book |
| Auteur | Joseph Francis Kelly |
| Uitgever | Liturgical Press, 2002 |
| ISBN | 0814651046, 9780814651049 |
| Lengte | 245 pagina's |
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