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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807881603321

Autore

Cowburn John

Titolo

The problems of suffering and evil / / John Cowburn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milwaukee, Wisconsin : , : Marquette University Press, , [2012]

©2012

ISBN

0-87462-806-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Collana

Marquette studies in philosophy ; ; number 72

Altri autori (Persone)

CowburnJohn

Disciplina

231/.8

Soggetti

Good and evil

Suffering - Religious aspects

Theodicy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Revised edition of: Shadows and the dark : the problems of suffering and evil. 1979.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Part One Introduction""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Forms of Christian Optimism""; ""3 A Version of the Fall & Redemption""; ""4 Extreme Pessimism""; ""Part Two The First of My Two Theories""; ""5 Free Will & Chance: Indeterminism""; ""6 Evolution""; ""7 God & Evolution""; ""Part Three The Second of My Two Theories: Moral Evil, Its Nature & Cause""; ""8 Moral Evil""; ""9 The Content & Effects of a Morally Evil Act""; ""10 The Mystery of Evil""; ""11 God & Sin""; ""12 Corporate Guilt & Original Sin""; ""Part Four The Remedy for Moral Evil""; ""13 Judging & Excusing""

""14 Repentance, Forgiveness & Reconciliation""""15 The Divine Forgiveness & Other Theological Matters""; ""16 Retributive Justice""; ""17 Expiation & the Victim's Need for Justice""; ""Conclusion""; ""18 Some Theological Reflections""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""