Companion to Ricoeur's The Symbolism of Evil

Scott Davidson is professor of philosophy at West Virginia University.

• Introduction to The Symbolism of EvilScott DavidsonPart I: Reflections on Evil and Its Primary Symbols Chapter 1: The Question of Evil Jérôme PoréeChapter 2: The Ambiguity of FleshAdam J. GravesChapter 3: Ricoeur’s Phenomenological Hermeneutics of SinMarc-Antoine ValléeChapter 4: On the Servile WillDaniel FreyPart II: The Secondary Symbolics of Evil: Religious Ritual, Metaphor, and MythChapter 5: Why Religious Symbols? Accounting for an Unfashionable ApproachPetruschka SchaafsmaChapter 6: Wagering for a Second Naïveté? Tensions in Ricoeur’s Account of the Symbolism of EvilChristina M. Gschwandtner Chapter 7: Between Barth and Eliade: Ricoeur’s Mediation of the Word and the SacredBrian GregorChapter 8: Metaphor as Dynamic Myth in RicoeurColby DickinsonChapter 9: Salvation as Knowledge: Ricoeur’s Reading of PlatoScott DavidsonPart III: What Does the Symbol Give?Chapter 10: The Symbol Gives Rise to Race Nathan D. PedersonChapter 11: The Symbol Gives Rise to Theology: A Poetics of TheologyDan R. StiverChapter 12: The Symbol Gives Rise to Faith (Perhaps): Theopoetics and the Gift of a Second NaivetéB. Keith PuttAbout the Contributors

This companion to Ricoeur's Symbolism of Evil addresses the radical implications of his famous 'hermeneutic turn' in the 1960s. Editor, Scott Davidson, does an excellent job bringing together expert critical commentaries from both the first and second generation of Ricoeur scholars. It is a very welcome addition to the growing hermeneutic conversation.