The Problem of Evil in the Western Tradition : From the Book of Job to Modern Genetics /

"Evil 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? [This book] looks at people's efforts to deal with evil, starting with ancient Israel and moving through the great...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kelly, Joseph F. (Joseph Francis), 1945-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Collegeville, Minn. : Liturgical Press, 2002.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Good and evil.
PHILOSOPHY > Social.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Good and evil > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Some perspectives on evil
  • Israel and evil
  • The new Adam
  • Out of Africa
  • The broken cosmos
  • The Middle Ages
  • Decline and reform and 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
  • Modern religious approaches to evil.

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