Evil and the Response of World Religion

includes index and biblioraphy

PART ONE:RESPONSES FROM THE RELIGIONS OF THE BOOK 1. The priestly conceptions of evil in the torah 2. From Myth to Psyche to Mystic Psychology: The Evolution of the Problem of evil in Judaism 3. Providence and the Problem of Evil in Jewish Thought 4. The Discovery of Christian Meaning in Suffering:Transformation and Solidarity 5. The Ambiguity of the Symbol of the Cross:Legitimating and overcoming Evil 6. The Problem of Evil:An Islamic Approach 7. Feminist Theology as a Means of Combating Injustice toward women in muslim communities and culture PART TWO:RESPONSES FROM ASIAN TRADITIONS 8. A theoretical Explanation of Evil in Theravada Buddhism 9. Mara as Evil in Buddhism 10. Three Levels of Evil in Advaita Vedanta and a Holographic Analogy 11. Hindu Understandings of Evil:From Tradition to modern thought 12. A new Understanding of the Bhagavad Gita:Trinitarian Evil PART THREE:RESPONSES FROM AFRICAN TRADITIONAL RELIGION 13. Evil in Yoruba Religion and Culture 14. Gods Versus Anti-Gods: Conflict and Resolution in the Yoruba Cosmos PART FOUR: CONTEMPORARY RESPONSES 15. prophecy and Contemplation: The Language of Liberation Theology Against Evil 16. The Unification Understanding of the problem of Evil 17. Ecological Evil and Interfaith Dialogue: Caring for the Earth 18. Divine Goodness and Demonic Evil 19. Towards a Global Theodicy