Deliver Us From Evil : Boston University Studies in Philosophy and Religion.
by
 
Eckel, M. David.

Title
Deliver Us From Evil : Boston University Studies in Philosophy and Religion.

Author
Eckel, M. David.

ISBN
9781441127112

Personal Author
Eckel, M. David.

Edition
1st ed.

Physical Description
1 online resource (263 pages)

Contents
Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part One: Evil and the Religious Imagination -- Bottom of the Universe: Dante and Evil -- The Three Faces of Satan in Islam -- Evil, Motherhood, and the Hindu Goddess Kali -- The Predicament of Evil: The Case of Dorje Shukden -- Awakening to Satanic Conspiracy: Rosemary's Baby and the Cult Next Door -- Part Two: Philosophical Responses to Evil -- Evil and Fault in the Philosophy of Paul Ricoeur -- The Abuse of Evil -- Evil, Reciprocity, and Rights -- How Banal Is Evil? -- Evil as Privation: Seeing Darkness, Hearing Silence -- Part Three: Deliver Us from Evil -- "For Your Own Good": Suffering and Evil in God's Plan according to One Hindu Theologian -- Can Evil Be Redeemed? Unorthodox Tensions in Eastern Orthodox Theology -- Desire: Between Good and Evil -- Evil: Reflections of a Psychoanalyst -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Abstract
Evil is a problem that will not go away. For some it is an inescapable fact of the human condition. For others "evil" is a term that should only be used to name the most horrible of crimes. Still others think that the worst problem lies with the abuse of the term: using it to vilify a misunderstood enemy. No matter how we approach it, "evil" is a concept that continues to call out for critical reflection. This volume collects the results of a two-year deliberation within the Boston University Institute for Philosophy of Religion lecture series, bringing together scholars of religion, literature, and philosophy. Its essays provide a thoughtful, sensitive, and wide-ranging consideration of this challenging problem-and of ways that we might be delivered from it.

Local Note
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

Subject Term
Good and evil.
 
Philosophy and religion.

Genre
Electronic books.

Added Author
Herling, Bradley L.

Electronic Access
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LibraryMaterial TypeItem BarcodeShelf NumberStatus
IYTE LibraryE-Book1219560-1001BJ1401 -- .D45 2008 EBEbrary E-Books