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Evil and Creation : Historical and Constructive Essays in Christian Dogmatics.

In Evil and creation essayists investigating how the doctrine of creation relates to moral and physical evil pursue philosophical and theological analyses of evil rather than neatly solving the problem of evil itself.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Luy, David
Otros Autores: Levering, Matthew, 1971-, Kalantzis, George
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ashland : Lexham Press, 2020.
Colección:Studies in historical & systematic theology.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Chapter 1: Introduction: Evil in Christian Theology (David Luy and Matthew Levering)
  • Beyond the Problem of Evil
  • Part 1: Evil in Early Christian Sources
  • Chapter 2: Judgment of Evil as the Renewal of Creation (Constantine R. Campbell)
  • Introduction
  • Paul
  • Final Judgment
  • "Personal" New Creation
  • "Cosmic" New Creation
  • Conclusion
  • Genesis 2-3
  • Isaiah 65-66
  • 2 Peter 3
  • Revelation 19-22
  • Conclusion
  • Renewal, Not Replacement
  • Judgment of Evil as the Renewal of Creation
  • Chapter 3: Qoheleth and His Patristic Sympathizers on Evil and Vanity in Creation (Paul M. Blowers)
  • The Dilemma of Fathoming Evil in Patristic Thought and in Ecclesiastes: Preliminary Considerations
  • Evil and Vanity in Ecclesiastes: The Shape of Patristic Interpretation
  • Vanity as a Divine Tutorial
  • Mourning the Vanities
  • Chapter 4: Problem of Evil: Ancient Answers and Modern Discontents (Paul L. Gavrilyuk)
  • The Problem of Evil in Greek Philosophy and Patristic Thought
  • The Problem of Evil in Modernity: Main Shifts
  • Chapter 5: Augustine and the Limits of Evil: From Creation to Christ in the Enchiridion (Han-Luen Kantzer Komline)
  • Introduction
  • The Epistemic Limits of Evil
  • The Ontological Limits of Evil
  • Practical Implications of a Christological Approach to the Problem of Evil
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 6: Augustine on Animal Death (Gavin Ortlund)
  • Temporal Beauty
  • Perspectival Prejudice
  • Conclusion
  • Part 2: Contemporary Explorations
  • Chapter 7: The Evil We Bury, the Dead We Carry (Michel René Barnes)
  • Biblical and Classical Paradigms
  • Evil, Not Sin
  • Difficulties
  • Three Theses on Evil
  • 1. Evil Is an Experience
  • 2. Evil Is Ineluctable for Human Beings
  • 3. The First Evil, Which We Cannot Escape, Is the Immediate Evil of Our Personal Experience
  • Home, It's Where the Hurt Is
  • Death, Grief, and Family Glimpsed: Gregory of Nyssa
  • Death, Grief, and Family as Our Story: Russell Banks and the Sweet Hereafter
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 8: Creation and the Problem of Evil after the Apocalyptic Turn (R. David Nelson)
  • The Apocalyptic Turn in Modern Theology: A Syllabus
  • The Doctrine of Creation at the Turn of the Ages
  • "Christ, Who Gave Himself for Our Sins to Set Us Free from This Present Evil Age" (Galatians 1:3-4): The Problem of Evil in an Apocalyptic Key
  • Creation and the Problem of Evil after the Apocalyptic Turn: Prospects and Unfinished Tasks
  • Chapter 9: Creation without Covenant, Providence without Wisdom: The Example of Cormac Mccarthy's the Crossing (Kenneth Oakes)
  • Introduction
  • An Introduction to the Crossing
  • Don Arnulfo, or the Old Man
  • The Ex-Mormon-Turned-Ex-Priest
  • The Blind Former Revolutionary
  • The Gypsy
  • Pilgrims at Night and the Rising Sun
  • Conclusion