The problem of evil in the Western tradition : from the Book of Job to modern genetics / Joseph F. Kelly.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kelly, Joseph F. (Joseph Francis), 1945-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Good and evil--History.

Good and evil.

History.

Physical Description:

viii, 245 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Collegeville, Minn. : Liturgical Press, [2002]

Summary:

The question of evil presents a profound challenge to humanity -- why do we do what we know to be wrong? This is especially a challenge to religious believers. Why doesn't an all-good and omnipotent God step in and put an end to evil.

The Problem of Evil in the Western Tradition examines how Western thinkers have dealt with the problem of evil, starting in ancient Israel and tracing the question through post-biblical Judaism, Early Christianity (especially in Africa), the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Reformation, the Enlightenment, and to the twenty-first century when science has raised new and important issues.

Joseph Kelly covers the book of Job, the book of Revelation, Augustine of Hippo, Aquinas, Luther, Marlow, Milton, Voltaire, Hume, Mary Shelley, Darwin, Jung, Flannery O'Connor, Karl Rahner, Teilhard de Chardin, and modern geneticists.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Some Perspectives on Evil 1

Chapter 2 Israel and Evil 8

Chapter 3 The New Adam 29

Chapter 4 Out of Africa 40

Chapter 5 The Broken Cosmos 51

Chapter 6 The Middle Ages 62

Chapter 7 Decline and Reform and Humanism 87

Chapter 8 The Devil's Last Stand 102

Chapter 9 Rationalizing Evil 119

Chapter 10 The Attack on Christianity 133

Chapter 11 Dissident Voices 145

Chapter 12 Human Evil in the Nineteenth Century 154

Chapter 13 Science, Evil, and Original Sin 172

Chapter 14 Modern Literary Approaches to Evil 188

Chapter 15 Some Scientific Theories of Evil 200

Chapter 16 Modern Religious Approaches to Evil 213.

Notes:

"A Michael Glazier Book."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-241) and index.

ISBN:

0814651496

0814651046

OCLC:

48038178