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Subject(s)

• Origen [Browse]
• Theodicy [Browse]

Series

American Academy of Religion academy series. [More in this series]

Summary note

This title 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.

Notes

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Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

Description based on print version record.

Language note

English

Contents

• Theodicy as navigation : toward a theoretical paradigm
• Framing questions : God and evil in paradox
• Paradise lost : pre-existence, the Fall, and the origin of evil
• The physician of souls : suffering as remedial punishment
• Theology of ascent : the journey of the soul to perfection
• Journey's end : the triumph of good and universal salvation.

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ISBN

• 0-19-024078-4
• 9786613722980
• 1-280-88167-4
• 0-19-984115-2

OCLC

801405478

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