Probing the Depths of Evil and Good: Multireligious Views and Case Studies

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Jerald D. Gort, Henry Jansen, H. M. Vroom
Rodopi, 2007 - 377 páginas
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 different ideas of what evil is and what its root causes are. Although there is no massive clash of cultures, many disagreements and also conflicts in the world arise from the deep differences in views of evil.
This volume explores religious views of evil. Scholars from different religions and from various parts of the world describe how people probe the depths of evil--and by necessity that of good--from their own background in various worldviews. In their explorations, almost all address the need to go beyond morality, and beyond legalistic definitions of evil and of good. They point to the radical depths of evil in the world and in human society and reinforce our intuition that there is no easy solution. But if we can gain a better understanding of what people from other worldview traditions and cultures consider evil, we are that much closer to a more peaceful world.
 

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Myths as Metaphors for Radical Evil
17
From Classical Hindu Thought to Bhakti Saints
41
The Theology of Evil
57
Evil and its Treatment in Early Taoism
73
The Problem of Evil in Confucianism
87
Evil and the Transformation of Evil in Buddhism
101
Zen and the Question of Evil
117
NothingnessquaLove? The Implications
135
Awareness of Evil in Christianity and Buddhism
169
A Jewish Perspective
201
Conceptualizations of Evil in African Christian Theology
217
The Descent into Hell and the Phenomenon of Exorcism
235
The Islamic Point of View on the Problem of Evil
305
Evil from a Comparative Perspective
343
Index of Names
367
Derechos de autor

The Problem of Evil in Pure Land Buddhism
151

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Página 9 - I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.
Página 29 - " It deepens like a coastal shelf. Get out as early as you can, And don't have any kids yourself.

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