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)...

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1. VerfasserIn: Schrag, Calvin O. 1928- (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Springer Science + Business Media 2006
In: International journal for philosophy of religion
Jahr: 2006, Band: 60, Heft: 1/3, Seiten: 149-156
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Das Böse / Theodizee / Politische Philosophie
RelBib Classification:AB Religionsphilosophie; Religionskritik; Atheismus
NBC Gotteslehre
NCD Politische Ethik
VA Philosophie
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:Rubrikentitel: Self and other : essays in continental philosophy of religion
ISSN:0020-7047
Enthält:In: International journal for philosophy of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s11153-006-0008-3