Imagination and the nature of evil
Although many were troubled about the reality of evil and suffering following the earthquake and tsunami that decimated much of Southeast Asia in December 2004, few considered the inability of the modern moral imagination - which had been incapacitated by our desire to free ourselves from fate throu...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton Theology Seminary
2007
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| In: |
Theology today
Year: 2007, Volume: 63, Issue: 4, Pages: 450-458 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Natural catastrophe
/ Theodicy
B Evil / Theodicy |
| IxTheo Classification: | NBC Doctrine of God |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | Although many were troubled about the reality of evil and suffering following the earthquake and tsunami that decimated much of Southeast Asia in December 2004, few considered the inability of the modern moral imagination - which had been incapacitated by our desire to free ourselves from fate through technical organization - to deal with these events. We are thus subject to the works of our hands, while fate still rules over us. The wisdom that can fathom such natural disasters requires communal practices where our vulnerability is scripted as a special sort of moral strength by participation in the trinitarian exchange of love. |
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| ISSN: | 0040-5736 |
| Contains: | In: Theology today
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