New Spring 2013 RS 580: The Enigma of Evil and Suffering

RS 580:
The Enigma of Evil and Suffering
Tuesday and Thursday 11:00 – 12:15
Professor Eric Boynton

One of the oldest conundrums of human thought is unde malum? From where does evil come? In fact, the challenge of evil, like few other issues, defines and molds the character of human experience. What are the origins of evil—human, natural, supernatural? And what, by implication, is the character and content of evil–sin, suffering, catastrophe, death?