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Title:
Explaining evil / J. Harold Ellens, editor.
Author:
Ellens, J. Harold, 1932-
Publication Information:
Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, c2011.
Call Number:
BJ1401 .E97 2011 V.1
ISBN:
9780313387159

9780313387166
Physical Description:
3 v. ; 24 cm.
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Contents:
v. 1. Definition, history, and development -- Setting the course / J. Harold Ellens -- The psychology of evil / Ralph W. Hood Jr. -- The sociology of evil : a comparison of modern and ancient societies / Richard K. Fenn -- Depersonalization and the psychobiology of evil / Patrick McNamara and Paul M. Butler -- Evil experienced by one who was there : exodus, from bondage to deliverance and the promised land / Virginia Ingram -- A biblical theology of evil / J. Harold Ellens -- Evil as a pastor sees it / F. Morgan Roberts -- Assessing evil : two clinical cases / Raymond J. Lawrence -- Demonic beings and the Dead Sea scrolls / Loren T. Stuckenbruck -- Evil in the Hebrew Bible, Mishnah, and Talmud / Ilona Rashkow -- Evil in the New Testament and its Greco-Roman context / J. Harold Ellens -- The theologian as diagnostician : Jeffrey Dahmer and (d)evil as a theological diagnosis / Nathan Carlin -- Gnosticism and evil / Ronald Reese Ruark -- Evil in film : portrayal and biblical critique / Nicolene L. Joubert and Zelmarie E. Joubert -- Narcissism as evil / Deb Brock and Ron Johnson -- Experience of evil in everyday lives / Suzanne M. Coyle -- Roots of human violence and greed : a psychospiritual perspective / Stanislav Grof -- The three faces of evil in Jungian psychology : the shadow side of reality / Wayne G. Rollins -- Are we basically good or evil, fallen or underevolved? / J. Harrold Ellens --

v. 2. History, global views, and events -- Is terrorism a new evil or a new political option? / J. Harold Ellens -- Perspectives on evil in ancient Egyptian sources : a work in progress / Edmund S. Meltzer -- Evil in the time of Thomas Aquinas / Alfred J. Eppens -- Where is the locus of evil? / Cassandra M. Klyman -- Evil in America : manipulating wealth and power in an oligarchy / Myrna Pugh -- The evil of Christian anti-semitism in America / Jack Hanford -- Patriotism today : altruism or narcissism? Good or evil? / Rafael Chodos -- Evil as a socioeconomic disconnect : Israel and the Somali pirates / Maija Jespersen -- Heauton timoroumenos : on the evil that we cause ourselves / Zenon Lotufo Jr. and Francisco Lotufo Neto -- Evil in Africa / Dirk Odendaal and Yvette Odendaal -- The concept of evil in African Christian theology / Xolani Sakuba -- Evil in Australian aboriginal religious perspectives / Suzanne M. Coyle -- Evil in the three contemporary Abrahamic faiths / J. Harold Ellens -- Evil, sin, and imperfection : ethics in practice / Philip Brownell -- Combating evil : human rights, international law, and the global community / Saul Takahashi -- Evil in the shadow : what Carl Jung can teach us about evil / Steven A. Rogers and Deborah A. Lowe -- Evil and the death instinct / Zvi Lothane -- The deletion of will from Freud's theorizing / Dan Merkur -- Is there really an evil force out there? / J. Harold Ellens --

v. 3. Approaches, responses, solutions -- Avoidance and prevention / J. Harold Ellens -- Responses of narrative practice to the effects of evil / Suzanne M. Coyle -- The doubling of conscience in groups / Dan Merkur -- Punishment as a restraint of evil / David J. Jennings II ... [et al.] -- The role of the church in mitigating evil / Myrna Pugh -- The role of religion in repelling evil : a Jungian perspective / Daryl S. Paulson -- My favorite enemy : a pastor's response on resolving evil / F. Morgan Roberts -- Forgiveness, reconciliation, and the hard march to peace / Everett L. Worthington Jr. and Peter J. Hampson -- Overcoming evil in I Peter / Peter Rodgers -- Biblical notions and admonitions on evil in Pauline literature / James A. Waddell -- Exorcising evil : the Bible and psychology on demon possession / Stephen J. Pullum -- Law as society's quest for integrity : more than a response to evil / Rafael Chodos -- How individuals cope with evil daily / Myrna Pugh -- Meaning as a restraint of evil / Daryl R. Van Tongeren ... [et al.] -- Evil and positive psychology / Don E. Davis ... [et al.] -- Evil in mind : psychopathy and anomalous cognitive processing / Kevin J. Eames -- Dealing constructively with sin and evil : biblical psychology against theology / Matthew B. Schwartz, Kalman J. Kaplan, and Elizabeth Recht-Jones -- Existential-integrative perspectives on the psychology of evil / Louis Hoffman ... [et al.] -- A postmodern reaction to evil / Dirk Odendaal -- The future of evil, a lovers' quarrel / J. Harold Ellens.
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