• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Otherness and the problem of evil: How does that which is other become evil?
  • Contributor: Schrag, Calvin O. [Author]
  • Published: 2006
  • Published in: International journal for philosophy of religion ; 60(2006), 1, Seite 149-156
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1007/s11153-006-0008-3
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  • Keywords: Radical evil ; Messianicity ; Rhetoric ; The gift ; Love ; Friendship ; Communication ; Dialogue ; Alienation ; Postnationalism ; Theodicy ; Genocide
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  • Description: In seeking to answer the question “How does that which is other become evil?” the author provides a discussion of four entwined aspects of the issue at stake; (1) difficulty in achieving clarity on the grammar of evil; (2) genocide as a striking illustration of otherness becoming evil; (3) the challenge of postnationalism as a resource for dealing with otherness in the socio-political arena; and (4) the ethico-religious dimension as it relates to the wider problem of evil.
  • Access State: Open Access