Probing the depths of evil and good : multireligious views and case studies
After the attack on the WTC on September 11, 2001, evil became a central theme in the media and human consciousness: the evil of terrorism, evil of secular culture, and concern for poverty. Yet, different cultures and religious traditions have different ideas of what evil is and what its root causes are. This book explores religious views of evil.
Currents of encounter, v. 33
377 pages ; 24 cm
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Jerald D. GORT: Probing Evil and Good: On the Imperative and Benefits of Taking Tea TogetherWendy DONIGER: Myths as Metaphors for Radical EvilDinesh Prasad SAKLANI: Maya as Evil: From Classical Hindu Thought to Bhakti Saints and Kabir. A Historical ExplorationVictor A. VAN BIJLERT: The Struggle with Evil: The Theology of Evil in the Bhagavad Gita and the DevimahatmyaJohn LAGERWEY: Evil and its Treatment in Early TaoismChing-Yuen CHEUNG: The Problem of Evil in ConfucianismChrista W. ANBEEK: Evil and the Transformation of Evil in Buddhism and Socially Engaged BuddhismSodo YASUNAGA: Zen and the Question of EvilJohn D’arcy MAY: Nothingness-qua-Love? The Implications of Absolute Nothingness for EthicsMartin REPP: The Problem of “Evil” in Pure Land BuddhismEiko HANAOKA: Awareness of Evil in Christianity and BuddhismAnnewieke VROOM: Emptying Good-and-Evil: Masao Abe’s Approach to the Problem of EvilN. VERBIN: Forgiving God: A Jewish Perspective on Evil and SufferingConrad WETHMAR: Conceptualizations of Evil in African Christian TheologyMartien E. BRINKMAN: The Descent into Hell and the Phenomenon of Exorcism in the Early ChurchAnnemiek SPRONK: God’s Good Plan and Evil Forces in This World: The Place of the Devil in Traditional IslamRkia E. CORNELL: “Soul of a Woman Was Created Below”: Woman as the Lower Soul (Nafs) in IslamVincent J. CORNELL: Evil, Virtue, and Islamic Moral Theology: Rethinking the Good in a Globalized WorldSaeid EDALATNEJAD: The Islamic Point of View on the Problem of EvilHarry KUNNEMAN: Critical Humanism and the Problem of Evil: From Vertical to Horizontal TranscendenceHendrik M. VROOM: Evil from a Comparative PerspectiveIndex of NamesIndex of SubjectsContributors to this Volume