Christian understandings of evil : the historical trajectory / Charlene P.E. Burns.

Author/Creator:

Burns, Charlene Embrey, 1953- author.

Publication:

Minneapolis : Fortress Press, [2016]

Series:

Christian understandings.
Christian understandings

Format/Description:

Book
xi, 218 pages ; 22 cm.

Subjects:

Good and evil -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Theodicy -- History of doctrines.
Good and evil -- Philosophy.

Contents:

Setting the stage
Personified evil in ancient Israel and early Christianity
Cosmic speculation and late ancient theodicies
Consolidating ancient themes: Middle Ages to Enlightenment
The foundations of modernity
Full circule or new directions?
Theodicies of protest and the evils of theodicy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-218).

ISBN:

1451484550 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781451484557 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781506418919

OCLC:

951227296

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