Malum: A Theological Hermeneutics of Evil

Author: Dalferth, Ingolf U

Number Of Pages: 482

EAN: 9781725297135

Release Date: 31-05-2022

Package Dimensions: 10.0 x 7.0 x 1.1 inches

Languages: English

Binding: hardcover

Part Number: Refer to Sapnet.

Details: The incursion of evil has always caused people to turn to the divine, to gods or to a god, in order to reorientate their life. Ingolf U. Dalferth studies the complexity of this procedure in three thought processes that deal with the central concepts in the Christian understanding of malum as privation (a lack of good), as evil-doing, and as a lack of faith. In doing so, he provides a detailed discussion of theories of theodicy, the argument from freedom, and the religious turn to God, in which the author explores the traces of the discovery of God's goodness, justness, and love in connection with the malum experiences in ancient mythology and biblical traditions.