The Anthropology of evil /

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Imprint:Oxford, UK ; New York, NY, USA : B. Blackwell, 1985.
Description:iv, 283 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/667574
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Other authors / contributors:Parkin, David J.
ISBN:0631137173 : $24.95
Notes:Includes bibliographies and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Theological thoughts about evil
  • 3. Unruly evil
  • 4. The root of all evil
  • 5. The seed of evil within
  • 6. Confucian confusion: the good, the bad and the noodle western
  • 7. The popular culture of evil in urban south India
  • 8. Buddhism and evil
  • 9. Hindu evil as unconquered Lower Self
  • 10. Is God evil?
  • 11. Good, evil and spiritual power: reflections on Sufi teachings
  • 12. Do the Fipa have a word for it?
  • 13. Entitling evil: Muslims and non-Muslims in coastal Kenya
  • 14. There is no end of evil: the guilty innocents and their fallible god
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Index