Christian Understandings of Evil : The Historical Trajectory /

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In this exciting volume, Charlene Burns offers a brief but thorough tour through more than two millennia of thought on the nature of evil. Starting with the contexts of the Hebrew Bible and moving forward, Burns outlines the many ways that Christian thought has attempted to deal with the reality of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Burns, Charlene Embrey, 1953- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2016
Colección:Christian understandings.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Good and evil > Philosophy.
Theodicy > History of doctrines.
Good and evil > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • 1. Setting the stage
  • 2. Personified evil in ancient Israel and early Christianity
  • 3. Cosmic speculation and late ancient theodicies
  • 4. Consolidating ancient themes : Middle Ages to Enlightenment
  • 5. The foundations of modernity
  • 6. Full circle or new directions?
  • 7. Theodicies of protest and the evils of theodicy.

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