Mark S. M. Scott

Journey Back to God

Origen on the Problem of Evil

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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 explains unjust suffering and shows how that theodicy hinges on the journey of the soul back to God.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP US
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 582g
• ISBN-13: 9780199841141
• ISBN-10: 0199841144
• Artikelnr.: 34552434

Autorenporträt

Mark S. M. Scott is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Thorneloe University.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1: Theodicy as Navigation: Toward a Theoretical Paradigm
Chapter 2: Framing Questions: God and Evil in Paradox
Chapter 3: Far From Home: Pre-existence, the Fall, and the Origin of Evil
Chapter 4: The Physician of Souls: Suffering as Remedial Punishment
Chapter 5: Theology of Ascent: The Journey of the Soul to Perfection
Chapter 6: Journey's End: The Triumph of Good and Universal Salvation
Conclusion
Bibliography