Otherness and the problem of evil: How does that which is other become evil?
In seeking to answer the question “How does that which is other become evil?” the author provides a discussion of four entwined aspects of the issue at stake; (1) difficulty in achieving clarity on the grammar of evil; (2) genocide as a striking illustration of otherness becoming evil; (3) the chall...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Nature B. V
2006
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International journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2006, Volume: 60, Issue: 1, Pages: 149-156 |
| Further subjects: | B
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B Dialogue B Radical evil B Love B Theodicy B The gift B Alienation B Rhetoric B Messianicity B Postnationalism B Genocide B Communication |
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| Summary: | In seeking to answer the question “How does that which is other become evil?” the author provides a discussion of four entwined aspects of the issue at stake; (1) difficulty in achieving clarity on the grammar of evil; (2) genocide as a striking illustration of otherness becoming evil; (3) the challenge of postnationalism as a resource for dealing with otherness in the socio-political arena; and (4) the ethico-religious dimension as it relates to the wider problem of evil. |
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| ISSN: | 1572-8684 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: International journal for philosophy of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s11153-006-0008-3 |