Journey Back to God
Origen on the Problem of Evil
Journey Back to God explores Origen of Alexandria's creative, complex, and controversial treatment of the problem of evil. It argues that his layered cosmology functions as a theodicy that deciphers deeper meaning beneath cosmic disparity. Origen asks: why does God create a world where some suffer more than others? On the surface, the unfair arrangement of the world defies theological coherence. In order to defend divine justice against the charge of cosmic mismanagement, Origen develops a theological cosmology that explains the ontological status and origin of evil as well as its cosmic implications. Origen's theodicy hinges on the journey o…
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- ISBN: 978-0-19-984115-8
- EAN: 9780199841158
- Produktnummer: 13999616
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 2'299 KB
Über den Autor
Mark S. M. Scott is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Thorneloe University.
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