Animal Suffering, God and Lessons from the Book of Job
Nature shows itself to us in ambivalent ways. Breathtaking beauty and cruelty lie close together. A Darwinian image of nature seems to imply that nature is a mere place of violence, cruelty and mercilessness. In this article, I first explore the question of whether such an interpretation of nature i...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Journals Online & Print: | Drawer...
|
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
MDPI
2021
|
| In: |
Religions
Year: 2021, Volume: 12, Issue: 12 |
| Further subjects: | B
non-anthropocentric view of God
B holistic understanding of creation B (dis)values in nature B animal theodicy B God in the Book of Job |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (kostenfrei) Volltext (kostenfrei) |
MARC
| LEADER | 00000naa a22000002 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | 1796465100 | ||
| 003 | DE-627 | ||
| 005 | 20220324125021.0 | ||
| 007 | cr uuu---uuuuu | ||
| 008 | 220324s2021 xx |||||o 00| ||eng c | ||
| 024 | 7 | |a 10.3390/rel12121047 |2 doi | |
| 035 | |a (DE-627)1796465100 | ||
| 035 | |a (DE-599)KXP1796465100 | ||
| 040 | |a DE-627 |b ger |c DE-627 |e rda | ||
| 041 | |a eng | ||
| 084 | |a 0 |2 ssgn | ||
| 100 | 1 | |e VerfasserIn |0 (DE-588)133213951 |0 (DE-627)538681845 |0 (DE-576)299699625 |4 aut |a Gasser, Georg |d 1979- | |
| 109 | |a Gasser, Georg 1979- | ||
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Animal Suffering, God and Lessons from the Book of Job |
| 264 | 1 | |c 2021 | |
| 336 | |a Text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |a Computermedien |b c |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |a Online-Ressource |b cr |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 520 | |a Nature shows itself to us in ambivalent ways. Breathtaking beauty and cruelty lie close together. A Darwinian image of nature seems to imply that nature is a mere place of violence, cruelty and mercilessness. In this article, I first explore the question of whether such an interpretation of nature is not one-sided by being phrased in overly moral terms. Then, I outline how the problem of animal suffering relates to a specific understanding of God as moral agent. Finally, in the main part of the argumentation, I pursue the question to what extent the problem of animal (and human) suffering does not arise for a concept of God couched in less personalistic terms. If God’s perspective towards creation is rather de-anthropocentric, then moral concerns might be of less importance as we generally assume. Such an understanding of the divine is by no means alien to the biblical-theistic tradition. I argue that it finds strong echoes in the divine speeches in the Book of Job: They aim at teaching us to accept both the beauty and the tragic of existence in a creation that seen in its entirety is rather a-moral. Finally, I address the question what such a concept of God could mean for our existence. | ||
| 650 | 4 | |a (dis)values in nature | |
| 650 | 4 | |a God in the Book of Job | |
| 650 | 4 | |a animal theodicy | |
| 650 | 4 | |a holistic understanding of creation | |
| 650 | 4 | |a non-anthropocentric view of God | |
| 773 | 0 | 8 | |i Enthalten in |t Religions |d Basel : MDPI, 2010 |g 12(2021), 12, Artikel-ID 1047 |h Online-Ressource |w (DE-627)665435797 |w (DE-600)2620962-7 |w (DE-576)348219067 |x 2077-1444 |7 nnns |
| 773 | 1 | 8 | |g volume:12 |g year:2021 |g number:12 |g elocationid:1047 |
| 856 | |u https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/12/1047/pdf?version=1637829830 |x unpaywall |z Vermutlich kostenfreier Zugang |h publisher [oa journal (via doaj)] | ||
| 856 | 4 | 0 | |u https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12121047 |x Resolving-System |z kostenfrei |3 Volltext |
| 856 | 4 | 0 | |u https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/12/1047 |x Verlag |z kostenfrei |3 Volltext |
| 936 | u | w | |d 12 |j 2021 |e 12 |i 1047 |
| 951 | |a AR | ||
| ELC | |a 1 | ||
| LOK | |0 000 xxxxxcx a22 zn 4500 | ||
| LOK | |0 001 4098954478 | ||
| LOK | |0 003 DE-627 | ||
| LOK | |0 004 1796465100 | ||
| LOK | |0 005 20220324085836 | ||
| LOK | |0 008 220324||||||||||||||||ger||||||| | ||
| LOK | |0 040 |a DE-Tue135 |c DE-627 |d DE-Tue135 | ||
| LOK | |0 092 |o n | ||
| LOK | |0 852 |a DE-Tue135 | ||
| LOK | |0 852 1 |9 00 | ||
| LOK | |0 935 |a ixzs |a ixzo | ||
| OAS | |a 1 | ||
| ORI | |a SA-MARC-ixtheoa001.raw | ||
| REL | |a 1 | ||
| SUB | |a REL | ||