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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Burns, Charlene Embrey, 1953- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2016
Series:Christian understandings.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Good and evil > Philosophy.
Theodicy > History of doctrines.
Good and evil > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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