Deliver Us From Evil

Bradley L. Herling is Professor of Religious Studies at Marymount Manhattan College, USA. M. David Eckel is an Associate Professor of Religion at Boston University, USA, and Director of the Institute for Philosophy of Religion. His publications include frianagarbha's Commentary on the Distinction between the Two Truths (1987), To See the Buddha: A Philosopher's Quest for the Meaning of Emptiness (1994), and Understanding Buddhism (2003).

• Introduction, M. David Eckel (Boston University, USA) and Bradley L. Herling (Marymount Manhattan College, USA); Part I: Imagining Evil Religiously: East and West; 1. Bottom of the Universe: Dante and Evil, Peter Hawkins (Boston University, USA); 2. The Three Faces of Satan in Islam, Eric Ormsby (McGill University, Canada); 3, Evil, Motherhood, and the Hindu Goddess Kali, Rachel Fell McDermott (Barnard College, USA); 4. The Predicament of Evil: The Case of Dorje Sh-ukden, Georges Dreyfus (Williams College, USA); 5. Awakening to Satanic Conspiracy: Rosemary's Baby and the Cult Next Door, David Frankfurter (University of New Hampshire, USA); Part II: Contemporary Philosophical Responses to Evil; 6. Paul Ricoeur on Evil and Fault, Alan Olson (Boston University, USA); 7. The Abuse of Evil, Richard Bernstein (New School University, USA); 8. Evil, Reciprocity, and Rights, Edwin Delattre (Boston University, USA); 9. How Banal Is Evil? Manfred Kuehn (Boston University, USA); 10. Seeing Darkness, Hearing Silence, Mark Larrimore (New School University); Part III: Deliver Us From Evil?; 11. For Your Own Good: Suffering and Evil in God's Plan According to One Hindu Theologian, Francis X. Clooney (Harvard University, USA); 12. Can Evil Be Redeemed? Unorthodox Tensions in Eastern Orthodox Theology, Kimberley Patton (Harvard University, USA); 13. Desire: Between Good and Evil, Richard Kearney (Boston College, USA); 14. Evil: Reflections of a Psychoanalyst, Ana-Marla Rizzuto (Psychoanalyst)

'Deliver Us From Evil is a first-rate, multi-disciplined collection of papers exploring the nature and cause of evil and the possibility of repair and redemption. This accessible work should engage scholars and general readers committed to thinking about our different concepts of good and evil in both religious and secular contexts." - Professor Charles Taliaferro, St. Olaf College, USA "This volume manages to say something simultaneously new, fascinating, and important about evil It brings together a group of internationally renowned scholars who build here on their path-breaking work on this topic in their own fields, which span several different cultures. Together, they offer fresh and profound responses to the crises of evil that we face today." - Wendy Doniger, author of The Origins of Evil in Hindu Mythology 'There is much here to interest and stimulate humanities and social science scholars of any persuasion, and although the content is in many places immensely complex and profound, the authors and editors involved have made worthy efforts to ensure that their work is accessible to both the intelligent and lay reader and academics of all levels ... It is tempting to prescribe this as essential reading for politicians before they use the "E" word, however on a more serious note this work functions to shine a light on the multiple facets of evil, and the resultant reflections provide considerable illuminating food for thought. A detailed set of end notes and a good index make this both a valuable sourcebook and a launchpad for further exploratory research and discussion.' -Dave Evans, BASR Bulletin Dave Evans Bulletin