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Mathewes, Charles, 1969-

Evil and the Augustinian tradition / Charles T. Mathewes. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001. - 1 online resource (xii, 271 pages)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-266) and index.

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction: reaching disagreement; PART I Preliminaries: evil and the Augustinian tradition; PART II Genealogy: remembering the Augustinian tradition; PART III The challenge of the Augustinian tradition to evil; Conclusion: realizing incomprehension, discerning mystery; Works cited; Index.

Evil and the Augustinian Tradition casts new light on Augustine, Reinhold Niebuhr, and Hannah Arendt, as well as on the problem of evil, the nature of tradition, and the role of theological and ethical discourse in contemporary thought.


English.

ISBN: 051104187X 9780511041877 9780511487781 0511487789 1107124433 9781107124431 1280419245 9781280419249 0511174292 9780511174292 0511154054 9780511154058 0511325185 9780511325182

Subjects--Personal Names:
Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430.
Augustin, saint, 354-430.
Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430
Augustin (saint ; 0354-0430)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Good and evil.
Good and evil--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Mal--Aspect religieux--Christianisme.
RELIGION--General.
Good and evil--Religious aspects--Christianity
Good and evil
Augustinismus
Das Böse
Het Kwaad.
Goed en kwaad.
Theodicee.
Augustinisme.
Bien et mal.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BJ1406 / .M28 2001eb

Dewey Class. No.: 214