202 Pages
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Routledge
202 Pages
by
Routledge
189 Pages
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Routledge
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How to Tell God From the Devil is the first book to depict the relationship among comedy, the Devil, and God. Drawing from Jewish and Christian theories, Eckardt describes comedy as a means to distinguish the divine from the diabolic. He presents a thorough critique of efforts throughout history to justify God in the presence of radical evil and suffering. How to Tell God From the Devil is a... Read more
1: Chapter 1: Prologue; Part I: Rationalist Theodicy and Its Nemesis; 2: Chapter 2: Monists vis-à-vis Dualists; 3: Chapter 3: Modified Monism: A Middle Way?; 4: Chapter 4: The Neverending Crisis of Rationalist Theodicy; Part II: Under Construction; 5: Chapter 5: Excursus: The Laughter of Zen; 6: Chapter 6: The Long and Rocky Road to an Authentic Comic Vision I; 7: Chapter 7: The Long and Rocky Road to an Authentic Comic Vision II; 8: Chapter 8: A Stop Along the Road to Hear Three Jokes: Comedy and the Campesino; 9: Chapter 9: End of a Road: God/Devil/Comedy; 10: Chapter 10: Epilogue: Parting Sense and Nonsense
Biography
A. Roy Eckardt
