The Persistence Of Evil

Author : Jon D. Levenson
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1994-12-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0691029504

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Creation and the Persistence of Evil by Jon D. Levenson Pdf

This paperback edition brings to a wide audience one of the most innovative and meaningful models of God for this post-Auschwitz era. In a thought-provoking return to the original Hebrew conception of God, which questions accepted conceptions of divine omnipotence, Jon Levenson defines God's authorship of the world as a consequence of his victory in his struggle with evil. He traces a flexible conception of God to the earliest Hebrew sources, arguing, for example, that Genesis 1 does not describe the banishment of evil but the attempt to contain the menace of evil in the world, a struggle that continues today.

Author : Fintan Lyons O.S.B.
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2023-08-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567710147

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The Persistence of Evil by Fintan Lyons O.S.B. Pdf

Recording the history of the belief in the existence of Satan, this book draws from the Bible, the poetry of Dante and Milton, the legend of Faust, and from modern novels and plays such as the works of Mark Twain and G.B. Shaw, and the spiritual writing of C. S. Lewis. Fintan Lyons O.S.B. chronicles the decline of that belief through the centuries as well as the attempts to treat the problem of evil philosophically, using the insights of thinkers such as Karl Barth. At the heart of this book is the attempt to synthesise or reconcile traditional belief with contemporary concern or even alarm regarding evil in the world. Lyons argues that evidence for the persistence of evil has been striking in modern times in wars and atrocities, while phenomena such as Satanic Cults and possible or real diabolical possession have continued to increase. The Catholic Church reacted to this situation in 1998 with a revision of the 1614 Rite of Exorcism, analysed in this book from both theological and psychological standpoints. By arguing that the transition from belief in Satan to personification of evil in historical regimes and characters brings contemporary culture into sharp focus, this book chronicles the history of humanity's attempt to understand the disturbing and mysterious reality of evil.

Author : Jon Douglas Levenson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:233862703

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Creation and the Persistence of Evil by Jon Douglas Levenson Pdf

Author : Jon Douglas Levenson
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780300135152

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Resurrection and the Restoration of Israel by Jon Douglas Levenson Pdf

Many famous antique texts are misunderstood and many others have been completely dismissed, all because the literary style in which they were written is unfamiliar today. So argues Mary Douglas in this controversial study of ring composition, a technique which places the meaning of a text in the middle, framed by a beginning and ending in parallel. To read a ring composition in the modern linear fashion is to misinterpret it, Douglas contends, and today's scholars must reevaluate important antique texts from around the world. Found in the Bible and in writings from as far a field as Egypt, China, Indonesia, Greece, and Russia, ring composition is too widespread to have come from a single source. Does it perhaps derive from the way the brain works? What is its function in social contexts? The author examines ring composition, its principles and functions, in a cross-cultural way. She focuses on ring composition in Homer's Iliad, the Bible's book of Numbers, and, for a challenging modern example, Laurence Sterne's Tristram Shandy, developing a persuasive argument for reconstruing famous books and rereading neglected ones.

Author : Peter Oliver,Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 630 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0802081665

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'Terror to Evil-doers' by Peter Oliver,Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History Pdf

The history of the foundations of modern carceral institutions in Ontario. Drawing on a wide range of previously unexplored primary material, Oliver provides a narrative and interpretative account of the penal system in 19th-century Ontario.

Author : Norman L. Geisler
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2011-02-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441214652

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If God, Why Evil? by Norman L. Geisler Pdf

Bestselling author and apologist takes on one of the most difficult questions Christians face. How can an omnipotent, loving God preside over a world filled with evil and suffering? The author's approach is concise, systematic, and clearly communicated, just what Geisler fans have grown to expect. In addition to relying on time-tested solutions to the problem of evil, the author also presents a compelling new way to think about this puzzle.

Author : Russ Shafer-Landau
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0195168739

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Whatever Happened to Good and Evil? by Russ Shafer-Landau Pdf

This is a brief introduction to ethics, with a point of view. The book addresses "meta-ethical" questions that go beyond what most introductory ethics books address, which are "normative" theories (egoism, utilitarianism, etc.) and "applied" ethics (abortion, capital punishment, etc.).

Author : Fintan Lyons O.S.B.
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2023-08-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567710130

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The Persistence of Evil by Fintan Lyons O.S.B. Pdf

Recording the history of the belief in the existence of Satan, this book draws from the Bible, the poetry of Dante and Milton, the legend of Faust, and from modern novels and plays such as the works of Mark Twain and G.B. Shaw, and the spiritual writing of C. S. Lewis. Fintan Lyons O.S.B. chronicles the decline of that belief through the centuries as well as the attempts to treat the problem of evil philosophically, using the insights of thinkers such as Karl Barth. At the heart of this book is the attempt to synthesise or reconcile traditional belief with contemporary concern or even alarm regarding evil in the world. Lyons argues that evidence for the persistence of evil has been striking in modern times in wars and atrocities, while phenomena such as Satanic Cults and possible or real diabolical possession have continued to increase. The Catholic Church reacted to this situation in 1998 with a revision of the 1614 Rite of Exorcism, analysed in this book from both theological and psychological standpoints. By arguing that the transition from belief in Satan to personification of evil in historical regimes and characters brings contemporary culture into sharp focus, this book chronicles the history of humanity's attempt to understand the disturbing and mysterious reality of evil.

Author : Bernard McGinn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0231119771

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Antichrist by Bernard McGinn Pdf

Amy Simmons follows an account of the film's making with an in-depth consideration of the themes and issues arising from it

Author : Jeffrey Burton Russell
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : History
ISBN : 0801494095

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The Devil by Jeffrey Burton Russell Pdf

This lively and learned book traces the history of the concept of evil and its personification as the Devil from ancient times to the period of the New Testament and across cultures and civilizations.

Author : Jon Douglas Levenson
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780691155692

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Inheriting Abraham by Jon Douglas Levenson Pdf

"Levenson provides a masterful reading of Jewish, Christian, and Islamic thinking that yielded three different portraits of Abraham. He sets the record straight about the biblical patriarch."---Sidney H. Griffith, author of The Church in the Shadow of the Mosque: Christians and Muslims in the World of Islam --Book Jacket.

Author : Robert A. Heinlein
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1987-04-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101503089

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I Will Fear No Evil by Robert A. Heinlein Pdf

The brilliantly shocking story of the ultimate transplant from New York Times bestselling author Robert A. Heinlein. As startling and provocative as his famous Stranger in a Strange Land, here is Heinlein's awesome masterpiece about a man supremely talented, immensely old and obscenely wealthy who discovers that money can buy everything. Even a new life in the body of a beautiful young woman. Once again, master storyteller Robert A. Heinlein delievers a wild and intriguing classic of science fiction.

Author : Douglas Hedley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-06-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781351138383

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The History of Evil in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries by Douglas Hedley Pdf

The fourth volume of The History of Evil explores the key thinkers and themes relating to the question of evil in eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The very idea of "evil" is highly contentious in modern thought and this period was one in which the concept was intensely debated and criticized. The persistence of the idea of evil is a testament to the abiding significance of theology in the period, not least in Germany. Comprising twenty-two chapters by international scholars, some of the topics explored include: Berkeley on evil, Voltaire and the Philosophes, John Wesley on the origins of evil, Immanuel Kant on evil, autonomy and grace, the deliverance of evil: utopia and evil, utilitarianism and evil, evil in Schelling and Schopenhauer, Friedrich Nietzsche and the genealogy of evil, and evil and the nineteenth-century idealists. This volume also explores a number of other key thinkers and topics within the period. This outstanding treatment of the history of evil at the crucial and determinative inception of its key concepts will appeal to those with particular interests in the ideas of evil and good.

Author : Jon D. Levenson
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0300065116

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The Death and Resurrection of the Beloved Son by Jon D. Levenson Pdf

"The near sacrifice and miraculous restoration of a beloved son is a central but largely overlooked theme in both Judaism and Christianity. This book explores how this notion of child sacrifice constitutes an overlooked bond between the two religions."--

Author : Susan Neiman
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-25
Category : Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Philosophy
ISBN : 9780691168500

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Evil in Modern Thought by Susan Neiman Pdf

Whether expressed in theological or secular terms, evil poses a problem about the world's intelligibility. It confronts philosophy with fundamental questions: Can there be meaning in a world where innocents suffer? Can belief in divine power or human progress survive a cataloging of evil? Is evil profound or banal? Neiman argues that these questions impelled modern philosophy. Traditional philosophers from Leibniz to Hegel sought to defend the Creator of a world containing evil. Inevitably, their efforts--combined with those of more literary figures like Pope, Voltaire, and the Marquis de Sade--eroded belief in God's benevolence, power, and relevance, until Nietzsche claimed He had been murdered. They also yielded the distinction between natural and moral evil that we now take for granted. Neiman turns to consider philosophy's response to the Holocaust as a final moral evil, concluding that two basic stances run through modern thought. One, from Rousseau to Arendt, insists that morality demands we make evil intelligible. The other, from Voltaire to Adorno, insists that morality demands that we don't.