The history of evil in the medieval age : 450-1450 CE

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The history of evil in the medieval age : 450-1450 CE

edited by Andrew Pinsent

(The history of evil / series editors, Chad Meister and Charles Taliaferro, v. 2)

Routledge, 2018

  • : hbk

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The history of evil in the medieval age : 450-1450CE

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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The second volume of The History of Evil explores the philosophy of evil in the long Middle Ages. Starting from the Augustinian theme of evil as a deprivation or perversion of what is good, this period saw the maturation of concepts of natural evil, of evil as sin involving the will, and of malicious agents aiming to increase evil in general and sin in particular. Comprising fifteen chapters, the contributions address key figures of the Christian Middle Ages or traditions sharing some similar cultural backgrounds, such as medieval Judaism and Islam. Other chapters examine contemporaneous developments in the Middle East, China, India and Japan. The volume concludes with an overview of contemporary transpositions of Dante, illustrating the remarkable cultural influence of medieval accounts of evil today. This outstanding treatment of the history of evil at the crucial and determinative inception of its key concepts will appeal to those with particular interests in the ideas of evil and good.

Table of Contents

Editors and Contributors. Series Introduction. Volume Introduction. 1 SAINT AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO, Erik M. Hanson. 2 BOETHIUS, John Moorhead. 3 SANKARA, Anantanand Rambachan. 4 NEO-CONFUCIANISM, Yong Huang. 5 SAADIA GAON, Lenn Goodman. 6 RAMANUJA, Christopher Bartley. 7 MOSES MAIMONIDES, Kenneth Seeskin. 8 ANSELM, Thomas Williams. 9 HILDEGARD OF BINGEN, Jenny Bledsoe and Beverly Kienzle. 10 ISLAMIC DEMONOLOGY, Tobias Nunlist. 11 DOGEN, Shigenori Nagatomo. 12 AQUINAS, Andrew Pinsent. 13 JOHN DUNS SCOTUS, Giorgio Pini. 14 FIGHTING FOR GOD: JIHAD AND CRUSADE, Christopher van der Krogt. 15 DANTE'S MEDIEVAL REPRESENTATIONS AND ITS CONTEMPORARY TRANSPOSITIONS, Anthony Cristiano. Index.

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  • NCID
    BB26899215
  • ISBN
    • 9781138236806
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    x, 275 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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