Deliver Us from Evil

Evil is a problem that will not go away. For some it is an inescapable fact of the human condition. For others evil is a term that should only be used to name the most horrible of crimes. Still others think that the worst problem lies with the abuse of the term: using it to vilify a misunderstood enemy. No matter how we approach it evil is a concept that continues to call out for critical reflection. This volume collects the results of a two-year deliberation within the Boston University Institute for Philosophy of Religion lecture series bringing together scholars of religion literature and philosophy. Its essays provide a thoughtful sensitive and wide-ranging consideration of this challenging problemGÇöand of ways that we might be delivered from it.