Christian understandings of evil : the historical trajectory /
Burns, Charlene Embrey, 1953-
Christian understandings of evil : the historical trajectory / Charlene P.E. Burns - Minneapolis : Fortress Press, c2016. - xi, 218 pages ; 22 cm. - Christian understandings . - Christian understandings. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-218).
Throughout the two-thousand-year span of Christian history, believers in Jesus have sought to articulate their faith and their understanding of how God works in the world. How do we, as we examine the vast and varied output of those who came before us, understand the unity and the diversity of their thinking? How do we make sense of our own thought in light of theirs? The Christian Understandings series offers to help. In this exciting volume, Charlene Burns offers a brief but thorough tour through more than two millennia of thought on the nature of evil. Starting with the contexts of the Hebrew Bible and moving forward, Burns outlines the many ways that Christian thought has attempted to deal with the reality of evil and suffering. From a personal Satan and demonic activity, to questions of free will and autonomy, to the nature of God and Gods role in suffering, Burns offers a clear and compelling overview--
9781451484557
2017385259
Good and evil--Religious aspects--Christianity
Theodicy--History of doctrines
Good and evil--Philosophy
BJ1401 / .B87 2016
170
Christian understandings of evil : the historical trajectory / Charlene P.E. Burns - Minneapolis : Fortress Press, c2016. - xi, 218 pages ; 22 cm. - Christian understandings . - Christian understandings. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-218).
Throughout the two-thousand-year span of Christian history, believers in Jesus have sought to articulate their faith and their understanding of how God works in the world. How do we, as we examine the vast and varied output of those who came before us, understand the unity and the diversity of their thinking? How do we make sense of our own thought in light of theirs? The Christian Understandings series offers to help. In this exciting volume, Charlene Burns offers a brief but thorough tour through more than two millennia of thought on the nature of evil. Starting with the contexts of the Hebrew Bible and moving forward, Burns outlines the many ways that Christian thought has attempted to deal with the reality of evil and suffering. From a personal Satan and demonic activity, to questions of free will and autonomy, to the nature of God and Gods role in suffering, Burns offers a clear and compelling overview--
9781451484557
2017385259
Good and evil--Religious aspects--Christianity
Theodicy--History of doctrines
Good and evil--Philosophy
BJ1401 / .B87 2016
170