Table of Contents

Jerald D. GORT: Probing Evil and Good: On the Imperative and Benefits of Taking Tea Together
Wendy DONIGER: Myths as Metaphors for Radical Evil
Dinesh Prasad SAKLANI: Maya as Evil: From Classical Hindu Thought to Bhakti Saints and Kabir. A Historical Exploration
Victor A. VAN BIJLERT: The Struggle with Evil: The Theology of Evil in the Bhagavad Gita and the Devimahatmya
John LAGERWEY: Evil and its Treatment in Early Taoism
Ching-Yuen CHEUNG: The Problem of Evil in Confucianism
Christa W. ANBEEK: Evil and the Transformation of Evil in Buddhism and Socially Engaged Buddhism
Sodo YASUNAGA: Zen and the Question of Evil
John D’arcy MAY: Nothingness-qua-Love? The Implications of Absolute Nothingness for Ethics
Martin REPP: The Problem of “Evil” in Pure Land Buddhism
Eiko HANAOKA: Awareness of Evil in Christianity and Buddhism
Annewieke VROOM: Emptying Good-and-Evil: Masao Abe’s Approach to the Problem of Evil
N. VERBIN: Forgiving God: A Jewish Perspective on Evil and Suffering
Conrad WETHMAR: Conceptualizations of Evil in African Christian Theology
Martien E. BRINKMAN: The Descent into Hell and the Phenomenon of Exorcism in the Early Church
Annemiek SPRONK: God’s Good Plan and Evil Forces in This World: The Place of the Devil in Traditional Islam
Rkia E. CORNELL: “Soul of a Woman Was Created Below”: Woman as the Lower Soul (Nafs) in Islam
Vincent J. CORNELL: Evil, Virtue, and Islamic Moral Theology: Rethinking the Good in a Globalized World
Saeid EDALATNEJAD: The Islamic Point of View on the Problem of Evil
Harry KUNNEMAN: Critical Humanism and the Problem of Evil: From Vertical to Horizontal Transcendence
Hendrik M. VROOM: Evil from a Comparative Perspective
Index of Names
Index of Subjects
Contributors to this Volume