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

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 have...

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Other Authors: Gort, Jerald D., Jansen, Henry., Vroom, H. M., 1945-

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2007.

Series: Currents of Encounter 33.
Rodopi Religion, Theology and Philosophy Special E-Book Collection, 2007-2014, ISBN: 9789004357938.

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Ethics.
Good and evil > Religious aspects.

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Call Number: BJ1401 .P76 2007eb

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Probing Evil and Good: On the Imperative and Benefits of Taking Tea Together /
  • Jerald D. Gort
  • Myths as Metaphors for Radical Evil /
  • Wendy Doniger
  • Maya as Evil: From Classical Hindu Thought to Bhakti Saints and Kabir. A Historical Exploration /
  • Dinesh Prasad Saklani
  • The Struggle with Evil: The Theology of Evil in the Bhagavad Gita and the Devimahatmya /
  • Victor A. van Bijlert
  • Evil and its Treatment in Early Taoism /
  • John Lagerwey
  • The Problem of Evil in Confucianism /
  • Ching-yuen Cheung
  • Evil and the Transformation of Evil in Buddhism and Socially Engaged Buddhism /
  • Christa W. Anbeek
  • Zen and the Question of Evil /
  • Sodo Yasunaga
  • Nothingness-qua-Love?: The Implications of Absolute Nothingness for Ethics /
  • John D'Arcy May
  • The Problem of "Evil" in Pure Land Buddhism /
  • Martin Repp
  • Awareness of Evil in Christianity and Buddhism /
  • Eiko Hanaoka
  • Emptying Good-and-Evil: Masao Abe's Approach to the Problem of Evil /
  • Annewieke Vroom
  • Forgiving God: A Jewish Perspective on Evil and Suffering /
  • N. Verbin
  • Conceptualizations of Evil in African Christian Theology /
  • Conrad Wethmar
  • The Descent into Hell and the Phenomenon of Exorcism in the Early Church /
  • Martien E. Brinkman
  • God's Good Plan and Evil Forces in This World: The Place of the Devil in Traditional Islam /
  • Annemiek Spronk
  • "Soul of a Woman Was Created Below": Woman as the Lower Soul (Nafs) in Islam /
  • Rkia E. Cornell
  • Evil, Virtue, and Islamic Moral Theology: Rethinking the Good in a Globalized World /
  • Vincent J. Cornell
  • The Islamic Point of View on the Problem of Evil /
  • Saeid Edalatnejad
  • Critical Humanism and the Problem of Evil: From Vertical to Horizontal Transcendence /
  • Harry Kunneman
  • Evil from a Comparative Perspective /
  • Hendrik M. Vroom
  • Index of Names
  • Index of Subjects
  • Contributors to this Volume.