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Good and Evil: Interpreting a Human Condition 1st Edition, Kindle Edition

by Edward Farley (Author, Editor) Format: Kindle Edition
3.9 out of 5 stars 8 ratings

What does it mean to be human in a world filled with tragedy? With creativity and insight Edward Farley, one of today's most respected theologians, here addresses this universal and haunting question of evil. Farley anchors his discussion firmly in interhuman (I-thou) dynamics as a key to unfolding the personal and social spheres of human existence. "It is," says Farley, "the corruption of elemental passions and the resulting contagion of the personal and social spheres that provide a total view of human evil and its redemptive possibilities."

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  1. ISBN-13
    978-1451407471
  2. Edition
    1st
  3. Publisher
    Augsburg Fortress Publishers
  4. Publication date
    November 1, 1990
  5. Language
    English
  6. File size
    4.0 MB
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Edward Farley is Buffington Professor of Theology at Vanderbilt Divinity School.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B001IV5ZPU
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Augsburg Fortress Publishers; 1st edition (November 1, 1990)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 1, 1990
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4.0 MB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
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Edward Farley

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Edward Farley, born in Louisville, Ky. is an emeritus professor of

the Divinity School of Vanderbilt University where he taught for some 30

years. He now resides in Nashville, TN.with his wife, Doris. His 12 published

books include Good and Evil:Interpreting a Human Condition, Divin Empathy, a Theology of God, and, Deep Symbols: their postmodern effacement and reclamation.

A graduate of Centre College (BA) and Union Seminary and Columbia University

(Ph.D), he was awarded the Earl Sutherland prize for research by Vanderbilt

University in 1991, the Unitas (alumnus and alumna) award from Union Seminary in NY, and honorary doctorates from DePauw University and Centre College.

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  • Timothy A Bastedo
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
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  • Tiffanie Marquez
    4.0 out of 5 stars A Theological Anthropology
    Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2023
    This is not a book that Evangelicals will tend to be excited about. However, it is a formidable theological anthropology which impressively utilizes continental philosophy to run parallel with a viable read of a biblical explanation of the condition of humanity. It will disappoint Evangelicals as it is not a work of exegesis of the biblical text. Farley, however, really dots his philosophic I's and dots his philosophic T's while effectively causing the continental perspective to bow to the biblical message without making a histrionic display; he is subtle, but with force. Furthermore, his effort is not an attempt to revamp the biblical message, or to give a definitive telling, but to focus on an angle which is in the blue notes of the redemptive story, but which is all too often overlooked.
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  • "ncodyjapan"
    5.0 out of 5 stars a refreshing and comprehensive theory of good and evil
    Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 1999
    This work by Edward Farley, a theologian at Vanderbilt University, is a refreshing and comprehensive theory of good and evil and how they transform the human condition. Its strength-- academic scholarship-- might be considered a weakness by some readers, but I can testify that it is well worth your time. I have read and reread it.
    Let me give an example of his method: in the chapter dealing with agential evil (evil by individuals) he describes the human condition as tragically structured (as all living beings are), and how human beings respond to that situation through the dynamics of evil (idolatry) until they are finally transformed by the divine ground of all existence (God). Thus, the work is divided into two parts: Part I is philosophical, Part II is essentially theological. The context he describes is the context in which God has become meaningful to me.
    After reading it and studying it, you are convinced many of his conclusions are common-sense things you always believed. But it takes a great work of scholarship to found those conclusions and articulate their complexity. And finally, as with all great books, you feel a debt of gratitude to the author. Thank you!
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  • Jonathan Strandjord
    5.0 out of 5 stars For those who want to understand what it is to be human
    Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 1999
    Edward Farley has written a superb book on what it is to be human. While drawing on the riches of the Christian theological tradition, he remedies some of the tradition's deficiencies--especially with regard to the tragic aspect of life. Farley is particulary insightful with regard to how human beings are made in the image of God and yet are temptable and fallible. Farley is to theology as Tolstoy is to fiction: both manage somehow to be unblinking observers of human wrong who yet see and report not with malice but compassion.
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