LEADER 05383nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910811254003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-26578-4 010 $a9786612265785 010 $a94-012-0462-4 010 $a1-4356-1288-4 024 7 $a10.1163/9789401204620 035 $a(CKB)1000000000480542 035 $a(EBL)556835 035 $a(OCoLC)714567436 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000227893 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11202684 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000227893 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10290002 035 $a(PQKB)11599214 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC556835 035 $a(OCoLC)732811064$z(OCoLC)182874393$z(OCoLC)714567436$z(OCoLC)748599603$z(OCoLC)764536739$z(OCoLC)889060500$z(OCoLC)961486478$z(OCoLC)962561098 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789401204620 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL556835 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10380648 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000480542 100 $a20070810d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aProbing the depths of evil and good $emultireligious views and case studies /$fedited by Jerald D. Gort, Henry Jansen and Hendrik M. Vroom 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAmsterdam ;$aNew York $cRodopi$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (387 p.) 225 1 $aCurrents of encounter ;$v33 300 $aThis volume is part of the project on The problem of evil in religious traditions: origins, forms and coping, on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the Vrije Universiteit and the exhibition "Religion & Evil" in the Tropenmuseum. 311 $a90-420-2231-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $tPreliminary Material --$tProbing Evil and Good: On the Imperative and Benefits of Taking Tea Together /$rJerald D. Gort --$tMyths as Metaphors for Radical Evil /$rWendy Doniger --$tMaya as Evil: From Classical Hindu Thought to Bhakti Saints and Kabir. A Historical Exploration /$rDinesh Prasad Saklani --$tThe Struggle with Evil: The Theology of Evil in the Bhagavad Gita and the Devimahatmya /$rVictor A. van Bijlert --$tEvil and its Treatment in Early Taoism /$rJohn Lagerwey --$tThe Problem of Evil in Confucianism /$rChing-yuen Cheung --$tEvil and the Transformation of Evil in Buddhism and Socially Engaged Buddhism /$rChrista W. Anbeek --$tZen and the Question of Evil /$rSodo Yasunaga --$tNothingness-qua-Love?: The Implications of Absolute Nothingness for Ethics /$rJohn D?Arcy May --$tThe Problem of ?Evil? in Pure Land Buddhism /$rMartin Repp --$tAwareness of Evil in Christianity and Buddhism /$rEiko Hanaoka --$tEmptying Good-and-Evil: Masao Abe?s Approach to the Problem of Evil /$rAnnewieke Vroom --$tForgiving God: A Jewish Perspective on Evil and Suffering /$rN. Verbin --$tConceptualizations of Evil in African Christian Theology /$rConrad Wethmar --$tThe Descent into Hell and the Phenomenon of Exorcism in the Early Church /$rMartien E. Brinkman --$tGod?s Good Plan and Evil Forces in This World: The Place of the Devil in Traditional Islam /$rAnnemiek Spronk --$t?Soul of a Woman Was Created Below?: Woman as the Lower Soul (Nafs) in Islam /$rRkia E. Cornell --$tEvil, Virtue, and Islamic Moral Theology: Rethinking the Good in a Globalized World /$rVincent J. Cornell --$tThe Islamic Point of View on the Problem of Evil /$rSaeid Edalatnejad --$tCritical Humanism and the Problem of Evil: From Vertical to Horizontal Transcendence /$rHarry Kunneman --$tEvil from a Comparative Perspective /$rHendrik M. Vroom --$tIndex of Names --$tIndex of Subjects --$tContributors to this Volume. 330 $aIn the few years since the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, evil has become a central theme in the media and human consciousness: the evil of terrorism, the evil of secular culture, concern for poverty, and climate change... Yet different cultures and religious traditions have different ideas of what evil is and what its root causes are. Although there is no massive clash of cultures, many disagreements and also conflicts in the world arise from the deep differences in views of evil. This volume explores religious views of evil. Scholars from different religions and from various parts of the world describe how people probe the depths of evil?and by necessity that of good?from their own background in various worldviews. In their explorations, almost all address the need to go beyond morality, and beyond legalistic definitions of evil and of good. They point to the radical depths of evil in the world and in human society and reinforce our intuition that there is no easy solution. But if we can gain a better understanding of what people from other worldview traditions and cultures consider evil, we are that much closer to a more peaceful world. 410 0$aCurrents of encounter ;$v33. 606 $aGood and evil$xReligious aspects 606 $aEthics 615 0$aGood and evil$xReligious aspects. 615 0$aEthics. 676 $a205 701 $aGort$b Jerald D$0285814 701 $aJansen$b Henry$067354 701 $aVroom$b H. M.$f1945-$0180548 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910811254003321 996 $aProbing the depths of evil and good$93930731 997 $aUNINA