The prince of this world /

The most enduring challenge to traditional monotheism is the problem of evil, which attempts to reconcile three incompatible propositions: God is all-good, God is all-powerful, and evil happens. The Prince of This World traces the story of one of the most influential attempts to square this circle:...

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التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
المؤلف الرئيسي: Kotsko, Adam (مؤلف)
التنسيق: Licensed eBooks
اللغة:الإنجليزية
منشور في: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2016.
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1333819
جدول المحتويات:
  • Introduction : why the devil?
  • The Hebrew biblical tradition : the paradox of minority monotheism
  • The New Testament and early Christianity : apocalyptic and its Christian vicissitudes
  • Monasticism and medieval Christianity : the ransom paid the devil
  • The fall of the devil
  • The earthly city
  • Life in hell
  • Conclusion : the legacy of the devil.