The Problem of Evil: A Reader - Softcover

Larrimore, Mark

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9780631220145: The Problem of Evil: A Reader
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0631220143 ISBN 13: 9780631220145
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2000

Synopsis

This Reader brings together primary sources from philosophy, theology and literature to chart the many and changing ways evil has been approached and understood, and to examine the diverse implications it has had for belief and unbelief.


  • Will fill a major gap in the publishing market.
  • Provides primary source readings for courses on religion and evil.
  • A key issue in religious thought - this book will change the way the subject is taught.
  • Author is one of the brightest young religious philosophers in America.

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About the Author

Mark Larrimore is Assistant Professor of Religion and Preceptor at the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University. He is currently completing a study on the ethics of Leibniz's Theodicy.

From the Back Cover

The 'problem of evil' is a subject of perennial interest to philosophers of religion and theologians, but research has barely scratched the surface of the complex history of western responses to the challenge of evil. This Reader brings together primary sources from philosophy, theology and literature to chart the many and changing ways evil has been approached and understood, and to examine the diverse implications it has had for belief and unbelief.

Uncovering forgotten but still powerful arguments and approaches, this Reader provides both an historical and contemporary examination of the practical and theoretical challenges that evil poses to faith, reason, and practice. This fresh, lively, and much-needed new approach to the 'problem of evil' transcends the narrow approach to the philosophy of religion as currently practised, and will change the way the subject is taught, received and understood.

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The 'problem of evil' is a subject of perennial interest to philosophers of religion and theologians, but research has barely scratched the surface of the complex history of western responses to the challenge of evil. This Reader brings together primary sources from philosophy, theology and literature to chart the many and changing ways evil has been approached and understood, and to examine the diverse implications it has had for belief and unbelief.

Uncovering forgotten but still powerful arguments and approaches, this Reader provides both an historical and contemporary examination of the practical and theoretical challenges that evil poses to faith, reason, and practice. This fresh, lively, and much-needed new approach to the 'problem of evil' transcends the narrow approach to the philosophy of religion as currently practised, and will change the way the subject is taught, received and understood.

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Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Publication date
2000
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0631220143
ISBN 13 
9780631220145
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
430
Rating
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