Probing the depths of evil and good : multireligious views and case studies /

In the few years since the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, evil has become a central theme in the media and human consciousness: the evil of terrorism, the evil of secular culture, concern for poverty, and climate change ... Yet different cultures and religious traditions hav...

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Awduron Eraill: Gort, Jerald D., Jansen, Henry, Vroom, H. M., 1945-2014
Fformat: Licensed eBooks
Iaith:Saesneg
Cyhoeddwyd: Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2007.
Cyfres:Currents of encounter ; 33.
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Tabl Cynhwysion:
  • Probing the Depths of Evil and Good; Table of Contents; Probing Evil and Good; Myths as Metaphors for Radical Evil; Maya as Evil; The Struggle with Evil; Evil and its Treatment in Early Taoism; The Problem of Evil in Confucianism; Evil and the Transformation of Evil in Buddhism and Socially Engaged Buddhism; Zen and the Question of Evil; Nothingness-qua-Love?; The Problem of "Evil" in Pure Land Buddhism; Awareness of Evil in Christianity and Buddhism; Emptying Good-and-Evil; Forgiving God; Conceptualizations of Evil in African Christian Theology.
  • The Descent into Hell and the Phenomenon of Exorcism in the Early ChurchGod's Good Plan and Evil Forces in This World; "Soul of a Woman Was Created Below"; Evil, Virtue, and Islamic Moral Theology; The Islamic Point of View on the Problem of Evil; Critical Humanism and the Problem of Evil; Evil from a Comparative Perspective; Index of Names; Index of Subjects; Contributors to this Volume.